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Hangar Flying / VARI-EZE FUEL SYSTEM ALERT
« on: March 20, 2005, 04:47:19 AM »
Got airborne with 90 mins fuel...after 20 mins smelt fuel an landed. Large puddle of fuel formed under aircraft coming from the hellhole inspection panel between the gear. Main tanks were dry and only half the header tank remaining. The 20 year old plastic tubing was so brittle it fell apart in my hands. This system was installed by a licenced engineer and inspected by a licenced engineer every year for the last 19 years. Get your head inside this area from below (can't see it from the rear seat) and make sure you have the correct tubing securely fitted.