Ya did good when the brown stuff hit the fan , Scott... One attaboy...

Now, let's discuss your fuel... You never, never, never, N E V E R, go below
one hour of fuel in the tanks - period...
(I have thrown this exact tantrum on here before, so it's not your fault
I am fortunate that my current twin carries 6 hours of fuel, but the longest
leg I have ever flown is 4:40 - mid Michigan to Chattanoga against a
ferocious headwind... I have also landed just a bit over 20 minutes short
of my destination (another airplane) because I had hit bingo fuel - meaning
60 minutes left... The pilot/passsenger I had with me was incredulous... He
was more than that, he spent the entire time I was getting fuel telling me
what an idiot I was because he NEEDED to get back to the airport to meet his
wife for supper... He was never invited to go flying with me again, and he
later had a fuel incident that caused him to give up flying...

The final point I make here is that fuel is measured by your watch, NOT by
the fuel gauges... All the gauges are is a cross check against the watch...
The watch rules! Keep flying and play by my rules and you will never
have another story to tell us like that...

Denny
"SD" sdatverizondot.net@ wrote in message
...
Well, tonight will go in my book as something that I will never
forget.