Fuel is a red herring here... Assuming the report of 8 gallons is semi
correct, it is likely the fire/rescue looked at the gauges not
realizing that a Skyhawk is a double fuel system... Either way, he had
an hour and possibly two hours of fuel on board... SInce the report
indicates he commutes by air for some 20 years over this route and he
was mere minutes away from the destination airport we need to find
something else to beat to death on here...

denny