Next time you think the fuel truck is slow...

[fholbert]

http://www.kathrynsreport.com/

 

[Patrick]

I do that all the time myself!

 

[ZeroPapaGolf]

Been there, done that, in the Bahamas. Avgas by the 5-gallon bucket. No smoking, please!

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[GX]

So THAT is how one catches "SJS"? It all makes sense now.

 

[Muff3n]

Sheesh that looks like a huge pain in the butt. Wonder how long it took them to put all the gas in there that they needed?

 

[scooter2525]

Sheesh that looks like a huge pain in the butt. Wonder how long it took them to put all the gas in there that they needed?

That video was only a minute and a half for 5 gallons, so lets say it takes 2 to fill the bucket, take it up, fill the tank and come down. Lets say he needed 1335 galles (3/4s of a tank for a AN-26). So 534 minutes or 8.9 hours.

 

[NickH]

I think Great Lakes is requiring their first officers to fuel this way now. Saves money.

 

[Inigo Montoya]

And I thought this was bad once. Nearly1hr for a DA-40 using a large tea kettle and a piece of jacket (for a filter....) which slowed things down further.

 

[skypilot6]

Takes longer to fuel the plane than it does to burn thru it. Genius!

 

[Tommay85]

Yeah, I'd just go home and drink beer at that point! Maybe quit too!

 

[moeflyin]

That's how we make our student pilots fill the 152's

 

[beasly]

Looks like a Union gig--work rules and everything.