About this episode

Doug Tilghman recounts a perilous mountain flying trip in a Cessna 172 where he and his companions faced fuel exhaustion.

During a mountain flying trip in a Cessna 172, Doug Tilghman and two companions become dangerously close to fuel exhaustion.

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