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Old 18th November 2005 | 19:54
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FlyingForFun

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Fuel reserves

I seem to recall reading somewhere about a legal requirement to have a certain amount of reserve fuel, but I can't find it anywhere. The numbers I've got in my head are 30 minutes for VFR or 45 minutes for IFR.

The closest I can find to anything like this is in JAR OPS, which does not apply to private flights - so have I got it wrong? Is there no legal minimum for private flights?

Can anyone either point me to the relevant reference, or tell me that I'm wrong and that this is not a legal requirement?

Thanks!

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