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Air Charter Quotes and Programs User Manual
10/20/2008
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Fuel Tank Quantity Text Box
The initial (ramp) and landing
fuel arm, and the fuel quantity at landing
for each individual fuel tank is displayed
as a ‘pop-up’ label that appears when the
mouse pointer is held over a Fuel Tank
Quantity text box for a set period of time.
If insufficient fuel to complete the flight is
entered, then the ‘Insufficient Fuel - ‘
message box will appear:
Fuel Tank Quantity
Text Boxes ToolTip Label :
Program data suggests that the minimum
ramp fuel for an IFR AIRPORT-PAIR flight
from REDDING MUNI , REDDING, CA, to
the completion of an approach at SAN
DIEGO INT’ L, SAN DIEGO, CA, followed
by 45 minutes flight at normal cruising fuel
consumption at 3,000 feet MSL, is 120.4
gallons enroute plus 30.4 gallons reserve. Do
you want to enter the minimum reserve fuel
quantity (150.8 gallons)?
ToolTip:
FUEL TANKS Fuel Arm (Ramp/ Landing):
134.17 / 125.82 In | Landing Fuel: 39.7 gal
Fuel Grade Combo
The Line Aircraft program (Main Menu,
Item #13) is the source of the default fuel
grade and fuel density used by the Load
Manifest program (Main Menu, Item #12).
The Load Manifest fuel grade and density
can only be changed by changing them in
the Line Aircraft program. All program
load manifest fuel calculations are based
on the displayed fuel grade and fuel
density.
Insufficient Fuel - Fuel Reserve
less than 45 minutes . . .
YES
NO
This message box will appear only if an
amount of fuel, more than SL total cruise
fuel flow, is entered that is less than that
required for the specified flight. The
following types of flights will be displayed
in the ‘Insufficient Fuel - ‘ message box:
FUEL LOADING DEFAULTS:
IFR DIRECT - type of flight pan is IFR.
Whenever the #1 fuel tank text box entry is
less than the total cruise fuel flow (GPH or
PPH), it will default to full, its maximum
useable capacity.
There is no default for any other fuel tank
except in response to a message box
prompt.
NOTE: Total sea level cruise flow is
displayed as Tooltip text in conjunction
with the Aircraft Reg No. Combo.
NOTE: The fuel tanks are numbered in the
order in which they were entered in their
Line Aircraft program record.
Section 12. LOAD MANIFEST
IFR AIRPORT-PAIR - type of flight plan is
IFR and the distance is the IFR Airport-
Pair distance as previously saved in the
Airport-Pairs program (Main Menu, Item
#5).
IFR ROUND-ROBIN - type of flight pan is
IFR and the flight time is the round-robin
flight time as previously entered in the
Round-Robin Flight Time Input Box.(The
Round-Robin input box appears whenever
the Compute/Refresh All Data command
button is clicked and the same airport
identifier is displayed in the Departure and
the Destination Airport combo boxes.)