Comment on "So... despite having done careful fuel planning, have you ever found yourself arriving at your destination with a very uncomfortably low amount of fuel?"
Jeff is right. I should have clarified I was just referring to headwind component - our airspeed was 70, but our GPS said we were only going 40, so the...Comment on "So... despite having done careful fuel planning, have you ever found yourself arriving at your destination with a very uncomfortably low amount of fuel?"
the Garmin "Pilot" App allows you to see real time winds aloft (as well as satellite view of clouds, visibilities, reported conditions, etc, etc). O...Comment on "So... despite having done careful fuel planning, have you ever found yourself arriving at your destination with a very uncomfortably low amount of fuel?"
The VFR minimum of 30 minutes makes me nervous (so my vote for option 2 also includes the nervousness of option 4 as well)-- that's only about 2 gallons o...