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View Poll Results: How do you like your fuel?
I'll pump my own fuel thank you! 129 72.88%
I can't be bothered with manual labor so I have someone else do it! 0 0%
I don't care as long as it's cheap! 48 27.12%
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Old 08-24-2011, 10:28 AM
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I wouldn't have a clue what a "tab full" is either. Communication is a two way street. You could communicate volume in the proper way fuel is delivered (i.e. Units; US Gals or Litres )

If I told you to fill my spray plane to the peg you would look at me all googly eyed, but if I told your 200 us gals, I bet I would get 200 us gals.
It's line service at an FBO with a flight school. 172s have tabs. You'd think they'd seen them before...
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Old 08-24-2011, 10:29 AM
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Kyle,

Most class C's and D's I have trouble with but I've even had troubles with places like KAUO. They put the fuel cap on my freshly waxed wing before I could react and it quickly slide down the wing. An FBO at Asheville, NC managed to put a dent in my wing.

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Any airports that are particularly bothersome?

I think it is a training issue - bad habits passed down from generation to generation of line guys and gals.
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Old 08-24-2011, 10:35 AM
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Airnav.com does a great job of keeping up with fuel prices and those who have self-services, full-services or assisted-service.

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Perhaps a corrolary to this would be to post places to go to get self-serve gas around the country. I live in the Tampa Bay area and I know Bartow (KBOW) has self serve fuel.

Those of you that use ForeFlight can find fuel prices listed on the map page. I keep my plane at KPIE where fuel at Signature is $3.00 higher per gallon than at the self-serve pumps at Bartow.

Maybe a sticky would be appropriate to post this unless there already is one and I'm not aware of it.
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Old 08-28-2011, 12:14 PM
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I heard a story of a 172 pilot that had crashed because they didn't put enough fuel in his airplane...
My pops had a friend who almost died when a line guy left the fuel caps off his Aero Commander 500. He should have done another pre-flight, but didn't. Never found fuel caps after the crash and the official cause was fuel starvation.

He's lucky to be alive.
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Old 08-28-2011, 03:06 PM
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so no one ever had to convince me it's best to put my own fuel in and make sure my own fuel caps are on, tight, and correct. like anything else, you want it done your way, do it yourself.
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Old 08-28-2011, 06:08 PM
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Perhaps a corrolary to this would be to post places to go to get self-serve gas around the country. I live in the Tampa Bay area and I know Bartow (KBOW) has self serve fuel.
Wauchula (KCHN) has cheap fuel too. It's even cheaper on the weekends.
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