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Old 26th Nov 2018, 22:22
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LeadSled
 
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Originally Posted by Lead Balloon
According to LeadSled, you might only have 1 minute sloshing around...
Folks,
That is an engineering fact, for anybody who understands "order of accuracy". A fact experienced in practice too many times to dispute, as applied to aircraft.
The use of the word "Mayday" is another matter, in my view "fuel emergency" fits the bill as well as anything else --- Mayday is over the top in this situation.
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