Ed_Wischmeyer
Well Known Member
Just back from a 10 day, 3,600 nm trip from Savannah, GA to Nevada and Arizona. Here are some... adventures.
* Somebody decided that the gas caps were too tight, so, on their own, they lubricated them.
* One guy told me that he had grounded each side of the airplane on the ground attachment, and did he have to do that or was the airplane electrically connected? He was using the fuel drains...
* Twice, the line boys left the gas down maybe an inch and a half, making sure that that the gas would not overflow in the heat. I wasn't explicit in telling the one how much lower I wanted it, and the other guy did it own his own when I asked for a top-off. If I was the type who tried for as much range as possible, that would have eaten up all the reserves. There's a reason for preflights...
They were all as friendly and as helpful as they could be, but...
On the plus side, one guy showed me a cute trick for using tiedown chains. Do NOT put the whole chain through the tiedown ring, just one link. Use a link from the remaining chain as a washer, and then put the hook through that one link. To undo, remove the hook and it all falls down to the ground.
Great service at Page, AZ; North Las Vegas, NV; Lubbock, TX; Waco, TX; Meridian, MS; Belen, NM; El Paso, TX, maybe one or two more. Sometimes it's worth paying higher gas prices.
* Somebody decided that the gas caps were too tight, so, on their own, they lubricated them.
* One guy told me that he had grounded each side of the airplane on the ground attachment, and did he have to do that or was the airplane electrically connected? He was using the fuel drains...
* Twice, the line boys left the gas down maybe an inch and a half, making sure that that the gas would not overflow in the heat. I wasn't explicit in telling the one how much lower I wanted it, and the other guy did it own his own when I asked for a top-off. If I was the type who tried for as much range as possible, that would have eaten up all the reserves. There's a reason for preflights...
They were all as friendly and as helpful as they could be, but...
On the plus side, one guy showed me a cute trick for using tiedown chains. Do NOT put the whole chain through the tiedown ring, just one link. Use a link from the remaining chain as a washer, and then put the hook through that one link. To undo, remove the hook and it all falls down to the ground.
Great service at Page, AZ; North Las Vegas, NV; Lubbock, TX; Waco, TX; Meridian, MS; Belen, NM; El Paso, TX, maybe one or two more. Sometimes it's worth paying higher gas prices.