Simviation Forum - Youve got to love it when this happens

Jan 27^th, 2004 at 11:10am

Triple_7 Ex Member

Well I had another day off from school due to the weather. So I decided to take a short flight from Fort Wayne to Detroit in an AA 717-200.

This has to be the best aproch Ive had in awhile. Perfectly lined up with the runnway and about 2 miles out

Less than half a mile to go, the fuel runs out, and I'm to slow to stay in the air Angry

Well so much for that perfect landing Roll Eyes

Runnway was only a couple hundred feet away Angry

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Reply #1 - Jan 27^th, 2004 at 12:05pm

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you can refuel by pressing ctrl x....not very realistic, but it'll help you get to where you need to go so you can practice those landings.

nice pics, btw.

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Reply #2 - Jan 27^th, 2004 at 2:46pm

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buy the lago fighters then you can do air to air refuel
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Reply #3 - Jan 27^th, 2004 at 3:28pm

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Well I dont think it would have made a difference. I was only 500 ft. above the ground when the engines quit. I didnt have many options right then. I didnt even know they had quit till it was to late Cry

I know I had packed enough fuel. And it said something about reserves ???

Oh well I can always try it again when I get my new system Thursday Grin

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Reply #4 - Jan 27^th, 2004 at 4:08pm

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The moral of the story... don't push the range of your aircraft to its extreme

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Reply #5 - Jan 27^th, 2004 at 5:21pm

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Ah but I was only going 110 miles. the max range on this bird is somewhere over 1300 miles. Roll Eyes

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Reply #6 - Jan 27^th, 2004 at 5:32pm

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You did remember to put the filler cap back on didn't you? Embarrassed

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Reply #7 - Jan 27^th, 2004 at 5:43pm