(CVBreard) wrote in message ...
Lots of old pilots didn't trust fuel gauges, which is still a
wise attitude. They'd sometimes fly on one tank until it ran dry and
the engine quit, then switch to the other and know exactly how much
they had left and how much they'd burned.

I'm an old pilot, don't trust fuel gauges and purposely ran a tank dry...only
once...scared the hell out of me and my wife. Never did that again. :-)

(Longer story, but that's the short version.)

Danm good thing you didn't have a "both" selector or you may not have
been here to tell about it!

-Robert