SR22 runs out of fuel 253 miles NE of Maui

Ajax said:
Glad he's OK.

Sad he's being judged so quickly, even by pilots for having made a mistake in fuel planning when all evidence points to mechanical issues.
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Mea culpa. I made a mistake there, being totally ignorant of having aux/ferry fuel. It's the main reason I deleted my initial post, but it had already been quoted.

Shame on me. And I learned something here.
 
killbilly said:
Mea culpa. I made a mistake there, being totally ignorant of having aux/ferry fuel. It's the main reason I deleted my initial post, but it had already been quoted.

Shame on me. And I learned something here.
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No worries here. Isn't the purpose of the internet to share information and look at pornography?

In all fairness, the reporter should have said mismanagement at best, rather than exhaustion. There is usable fuel onboard, just can't deliver it to the engine.
 
killbilly said:
Mea culpa. I made a mistake there, being totally ignorant of having aux/ferry fuel. It's the main reason I deleted my initial post, but it had already been quoted.

Shame on me. And I learned something here.
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I was referring to all the cessna captains on facebook blowing this guy up.

ppls know everything, didnt you know? :p
 
Ahh makes much more sense with additional fuel tanks on board. Horrible to have enough fuel on board and just not able to use it. I thought they had to go through a bit more testing than a guess and check method.
 
jtrain609 said:
Gotta get to and from Hawaii somehow.

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Looks legit
 
Ajax said:
I was referring to all the cessna captains on facebook blowing this guy up.

ppls know everything, didnt you know? :p
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I'm offended, I have a PPL. Being condescending works for about 30 seconds, then we realize you're just not willing to admit that we might know something you don't. At that point you're on your own.
 
drunkenbeagle said:
Looks legit
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We ferry the 717 fleet back and forth pretty often for heavy MX and paint shop trips. The entire fleet is going over the next few months to get cabin retrofits. I think there are 9 ferry tanks installed for each trip and they send a mechanic along with the two pilots to keep an eye on things. Trips are flown by regular line pilots who have gone to ground school for a few days of special procedures training.
 
drunkenbeagle said:
Looks legit
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It probably is. How would you suggest a temporary addition to an airframe be made? Should we start drilling holes and adding hardware? We want to have this stuff for a limited time and then have the aircraft return to service without any real mods made to it.
 
knot4u said:
I'm offended, I have a PPL. Being condescending works for about 30 seconds, then we realize you're just not willing to admit that we might know something you don't. At that point you're on your own.
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I'm sure you know plenty of stuff I don't know

I wasn't trying to offend you, I was merely offering commentary on the overzealous ppls offering critique without knowledge of the situation. You are certainly not who I was referring to.

I should have worded it better, I'm talking about people who act that having a ppl automatically makes them an aviation expert. As far as aviation goes the more I learn I learn how little I already know
 
If you see a Lear with a couple capped bulkhead fittings on the bulkhead below the rear divan underneath the carpet it has probably had a ferry tank installed at some point.
 
Ajax said:
I'm sure you know plenty of stuff I don't know

I wasn't trying to offend you, I was merely offering commentary on the overzealous ppls offering critique without knowledge of the situation. You are certainly not who I was referring to.

I should have worded it better, I'm talking about people who act that having a ppl automatically makes them an aviation expert. As far as aviation goes the more I learn I learn how little I already know
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I was kidding, I'm not offended. I need to figure out how to use that sarcasm tag.
 
If the majority of pilots weren't decent people I'd have stopped admitting that I have that cert a long time ago.
 
knot4u said:
Should I demand an apology? Seems like the trendy thing to do. Let's see if I can get him fired.
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I have a friend from HS who is a wet ticket ppl. From reading his FB posts I'm surprised he isn't a CNN aviation expert.
 
I have a friend from HS that played football as a Florida Gator in college, he sells real estate now and doesn't really follow the NFL, it would be awesome to get the insight but he doesn't give a rip and honestly neither do I.
 
Is there any way to design and fit these tanks without major single points of failure - eg hand pump, manually accessible valves, or is it just the space and engineering/financial compromises required to make it work that leave you with little option?

Ferry flying requires massive cohones - the biggest I've seen were on a lady friend of mine who now flies the bus and worries about crew meals.
 
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