Rotorspeed, I'm flying between the Isle of Man and Blackpool at 5am on a summers day.
The fuel plan was good, enough to do the return trip, and 20 mins on task with one tank, it was still good as we coasted out, but it's now turned a little more windy than forecast, it looks as though the FRF will be reached as I approach the Blackpool coastline, Barrow isn't the closest coastline any more, Blackpool is ...
... What do I do?
... Land on the beach? What are the tide times?
... Ditch?
.... Get the tablet out and post my predicament on PPRuNe? Should I start a new thread or go for this one?
or should I declare "Minimum Fuel", recheck my figures then call "MAYDAY, 'MAYDAY, MAYDAY, FUEL" continuing in to Blackpool?
http://www.ifalpa.org/downloads/Leve...ncy%20fuel.pdf