Hi all,
Mark Newton wrote;
Oh, no, not at all. I'm sure there's nobody on this list that's been
behind a pawnee when it's run out of fuel.
Ok. Almost nobody.
Hmm.
- mark
Does being towed behind a tug which takes off witout the fuel turned on count?
(;Roger Browne wrote
> I have seen it happen. A Pawnee tug running out of fuel.
> Fortunately he was close enough to glide in to the airfield.
I remember a tug pilot saying that if you ran out of fuel in a Pawnee,
you had better hope you were over a good paddock, as that was where you
were going to land!
Micheal Texler (And CASA) wrote: (abbreviated)
> 137.120 Documents to be carried on a flight
> (1) The pilot in command of an aeroplane being used for an application
> operation must have a copy of the aeroplane's flight manual, or an approved
> alternative document, on board the aeroplane on every flight.
> Penalty: 10 penalty units.
> (2) The pilot must also have the documents or copies mentioned in
> subregulations (4) and (5) on board the aeroplane on a flight if the
> aeroplane will be more than 1 hour's flying time (at cruise speed in still
> air) from the operator's principal operating base.
> Penalty: 10 penalty units.
>
> (3) However, if:
> (a) the aeroplane is to be based for more than 7 days at a place that is not
> the operator's principal operating base (a substitute base); and (b) the
> aeroplane is less than 1 hour's flying time (at cruise speed in still air)
> from the substitute base; the documents or copies mentioned in subregulations
> (4) and (5) may be kept at the substitute base.
<SNIP>
And I thought the aviation weather bulletins were almost incomprehensible!
Regards
Dave L
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