Fuel tank visual conditions
Today’s strip fits well to today’s murky fall weather outside. But wait, it’s Wednesday. Why do we upload a strip today, you ask? Because this November marks our 20th anniversary! Yay!
We wouldn’t be here without you, our faithful fans and readers, so for the next two weeks, to celebrate this special occasion, we’ll be publishing a new strip every day!
So be sure to come back tomorrow for more fowl shenanigans!
Stef
I knew a guy that used a lighter to check the fuel level in his tractor. POOF! No eyebrows. He was lucky.
Logbook:
“Removed Keychain flashlight from right fuel tank in reference to Cessna Service Manual. Preformed operational test.”
-Julio A&P 1234567890
I physically cringed when he suggested using the lighter! You got me good.
Back in my flight school days we had a little C-152 that had at least six fuel pipettes in one wing. We know this because that’s how many we could isolate by rocking the wings on the ground and counting the rolling noises. I got pretty talented at fishing them out while students finished their preflight. Good days…
@ Brennan:
“Disabled fuel tank internal lighting system and performed operational check.”
-Julio 1234567890AP
LOL
How about a wooden stick instead. Costs a fraction of a buck , always works, and if long enough, can’t fall into the tank…accurate to the gallon if you use a saw to make a mark on it on every gallon
But how are you going to light up a wooden stick so that to be able to discern the fuel level?
Congratulations on 20 years! Here’s to 20 more!
@Mike,
Now I’m just envisioning Julio getting his administration inspected by the FAA and having to explain all the creative ways in which he wrote down Chuck’s little “Oopsies”
Worked with a kid (who was given the nickname Wet Chicken ironically enough)who once checked the fuel level of his tanker with his lighter. Granted it was Jet-A but still.
He was 21, and had worked over 19 jobs, and the only one he ever quit on cordial terms was our company (he worked cargo handling that job), to join the Navy, where he blew a knee out in Basic and was medical discharged out, so sort of fired from that one too, came back to us and in 6 months managed to get fired by us as well (I worked with him at the first place I fueled at and he got fired there, and they kept most of the worst, and fired the best for minor infractions).
All his stories of jobs were about how great it was, how he loved the place, and when asked why he wasn’t still working there “um . . .well . . . I got fired”.
After he was fired by the second place he went to the third fueling joint on the airport and lasted iirc, 6 months before getting fired for playing Spades (and losing badly) and missing a TWA or American Airlines flight he was to fuel.
I can’t recall his actual name any longer, Just that SWA Ops agents started calling him Wet Chicken before I started the job.
So that’s Chuck’s student thinking of using a lighter to check the fuel level…why am I not all that surprised?
Congratulations again on 20 years, and may there be many more! Gary Clark (Swamp) had a special strip for his 10,000th, where someone asked his would-be aviator character to make a speech on the occasion of his 10,000th crash. Are you going to do something similar?
It’s all fun and games until the mechanic stuffs a pilot in a fuel tank. Then it’s “assault & battery” and “attempted manslaughter”.
Julio is gonna be pissed….
Not sure about Avgas, but JetA is worse than Diesel when you just need something to kickstart your camping trip. A fart contains more flammable hydrocarbons than that stuff it seems, additives be damned I’m cold. 🙂