In a message dated 5/29/01 3:24:29 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
steve@coastaldatasystems.com writes:
> . The rod may have been calibrated
> > in gallons- I don't know as I've never flown one of those planes.
>
> The J3 I learned to fly in wasn't calabrated. When the lack of exposed
> wire made you nervious, you landed. Sometimes on the road beside the
> filling station :-)
>
>
My Luscombe 8-A, was calibrated in 1/4 ; 1/2; 3/4; and Full. It read via a
cork float, and lever with gearset behind a little glass window. The gauge
was right behind the pilots head. Much like Perrones' CB.
Back then it was "improper" according to the FAA to run auto gas in your 65
"screaming horsepower" wonder. If you were clever though when you put the gas
can down at the pump in town, the AVGAS label was toward your tire. When you
were pouring it into the plane it was toward the rest of the flight line. Now
sadly, it is legal with the right paperwork, and pilots have one less thing
to be clever about. All discussion about whether it is clever or not can be
tabled for later.
Zack
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