[net.aviation] Auxilliary bladders

wanttaja@ssc-vax.UUCP (Ronald J Wanttaja) (01/22/85)

> > The nice thing about a C-182 is that in order to come even close to
> > running that thing out of gas you have to provide the occupants with
> > a "humanoid range extender", sometimes referred to a an empty Gator Ade
> > bottle.
> 
> In Sporties this month there is a "Human Factor Range Extender" for sale.
> 

It's the "Human Element Range Extender", or H.E.R.E., and Sporty's has sold
these things for at least 15 years.  They are also known as "Emergency
Hydralic fluid reservoirs."  :-)

						     Ron Wanttaja
						     (ssc-vax!wanttaja)

"A Yankee air pirate, a Yankee air pirate, a Yankee air pirate am I,
a Yankee air pirate , a Yankee air pirate, if I don't get my
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