Ron Natalie wrote:

"G.R. Patterson III" wrote in message ...


Ron Natalie wrote:

Frankly, we NEVER touched that lever.

Absolutely! In my 150, it never got turned. After 25+ years in one position, I
felt that nothing good could happen by moving it.

Yep, unless the plane is on fire...

I turn the fuel valve all the way around on Cessnas before EVERY flight and teach my students to do
the same. It is a very nice thing to know that this valve can be turned BEFORE the plane catches
fire. It is also good to know how much force it takes. Of course when fueling Cessnas, it is best to
have this handle in anything but BOTH because some fuel will cross feed faster than you can climb down
the latter and scurry to the other side.

I teach this on Pipers too. I have had many a student that couldn't turn the Cherokee fuel selector
to OFF because he/she couldn't figure out the detent without some coaching. That's not a learning
process you have time for in a real emergency when the fuel needs to be shut off now.....