On Wed, 2002-07-03 at 14:04, Gene Buckle wrote: > > Gene Buckle writes: > > > <humor> > > > Next time, look to your left and a little bit up and to the rear. If > > > there's a big honkin' chunk of metal blocking your view, check the flap > > > switch. *huge grin* > > > </humor> > > > > The other one I've learned from real experience (as a passenger). If > > while you are looking a little up and to the rear to check flap > > status, if you also notice a big plume of something that looks a lot > > like smoke coming off one or both wings, land and check your fuel tank > > covers. (And extinguish your cigarettes.) :-) > > Ye gods. That's why you pre-flight _after_ you've fueled up. Gas it, > park it and then check it _all_. I'm amazed you made it back. It doesn't > take long to suck those wing tanks dry.
Could have been plenty in the center tank ... I would think fuel spraying somewhere near the nacelles or exhaust plume would be a bigger worry. > > g. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Flightgear-devel mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel > -- Tony Peden [EMAIL PROTECTED] We all know Linux is great ... it does infinite loops in 5 seconds. -- attributed to Linus Torvalds _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel
