[Spuds]

Originally Posted by Dadhawk

Or, in reality, not knowing how to switch tanks in an unfamiliar aircraft where the builder did a piss poor job of locating the fuel selector.

Running out of fuel in a plane is not fatal, you just have to be better prepared than you have to be in a car.

Oddly enough, neither is running out of fuel in a helicopter. You just have to be even more prepared.