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In reply to the discussion: An Airplane Ran Out of Fuel at 41,000 Feet. Here's What Happened Next [View all]mitch96
(13,904 posts)40. That's why I liked flying Gliders...
Takes that whole engine/fuel thing out of the equation.. Then again for me it was just seat of the pants fun flying... 4000 feet,40 mph and just the whoosh of the wind.. heavenly....
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yortsed snacilbuper
Mar 2019
OP
How many others would have tried to stretch it and ended up maybe short and in a building.
Hassin Bin Sober
Mar 2019
#38
What sort of a pilot does not know how much fuel there is... where was ground maint?
NotHardly
Mar 2019
#9
There was a lot of confusion by a lot of people about a lot of things in that accident.
The Velveteen Ocelot
Mar 2019
#43
You can't visually inspect the fuel tanks on a big jet. You have to rely on the numbers supplied
The Velveteen Ocelot
Mar 2019
#18
In a small GA aircraft, the fuel gauges aren't much more sophisticated than a toilet bowl float.
Major Nikon
Mar 2019
#34
A 747 has a glide ratio of 14:1, much better than a C-172. You wouldn't think so, but
The Velveteen Ocelot
Mar 2019
#44
Here's a similar incident which occurred over the mid-Atlantic in 2001.
LastLiberal in PalmSprings
Mar 2019
#33
I remember reading about this and that he was lucky the front landing gear did no lock into place or
cstanleytech
Mar 2019
#39