I remember an old aviation saying: "the only time you have too much fuel is when you are on fire"
----- Original Message ----- From: "Ross Youngblood" <ross...@operamail.com> To: "KR builders and pilots" <kr...@mylist.net> Sent: Sunday, October 26, 2003 9:46 PM Subject: KR>24 gals of gas > > IF YOU CARRY 24GAL'S. OF GAS you could be flying for up to 6 hrs.,do you want to be in there for that long? > > 12 gal,s may be more reasonable > > Another way to look at it is... you have 6 hours of flying > time BETWEEN refueling. That doesn't mean you can't > stop to buy a hot dog, pancake breakfast, $100 hamburger, > and come back before fueling. > > Three things of no use to me as a pilot: > 1) Fuel in the truck on the ground below you. > 2) Sky above you. > 3) Runway behind you. > > > -- > ___________________________________________________ > OperaMail free e-mail - http://www.operamail.com > OperaMail Premium - 28MB, POP3, more! US$29.99/year > > Powered by Outblaze > > _______________________________________________ > see KRnet list details at http://www.krnet.org/instructions.html >
