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Old 9th Apr 2011, 13:35
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Capt Claret

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Originally Posted by shafs64
The only thing i can comment on is the fuel gauges. when was last time a pilot trusted his gauges thats why we have dip sticks.
I can tell you from experience that Nomad dipsticks are no more reliable than the gauges. On one sortie burnt more fuel on the 50 nm run to an outstation than I did on the 200nm run to the big smoke. According to the dipstick, that is.
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