"COTTON"
Cotton is a retired F-15C fighter pilot. He spent 10 years on active duty and finished his 20 year career with the Massachusetts Air National Guard in 1998. He now lives in Marston's Mills with his wife and son. Cotton owns a private construction business, is a CFI/CFII and supports his local Civil Air Patrol.
THE ORIGINAL FUEL STOP
Necessity is the mother of invention!
The idea for the FUEL STOP came to be when two retired F-15C fighter pilots, call signs Cotton and Nemo, took a Civil Air Patrol Cessna out for a training flight. During post flight refueling operations, Nemo (who was used to having a crew chief do these things) was holding the gas nozzle in one hand while using the other hand to measure the available fuel in the tank with a standard plastic straw fuel gauge. Murphy's Law took over and the gauge slipped from Nemo's hand and into the Cessna tank. "Damn it", said Nemo. "What happened?" said Cotton. The rest is history.
The FUEL STOP is a simple tool that snaps onto a standard straw fuel gauge and prevents the gauge from ever slipping into the tank. It also becomes extremely handy when it's necessary to set the gauge on the wing, as it will stay put and not roll off to disappear into the grass or onto the pavement. The FUEL STOP can be kept separately in your pilot bag to quickly snap onto a gauge that comes with a rental aircraft, or kept permanently installed in your own aircraft for regular use. The FUEL STOP is also shaped like a set of red pilot wings which makes finding the gauge in your pilot bag or aircraft seat pocket a snap.
** Product fits all FuelHawk plastic straw fuel gauges or any 1/2 inch plastic tube straw. Fuel gauge not included.**
ABOUT US:
"NEMO"
Nemo is a retired F-15C fighter pilot. He spent 14 years on active duty and then finished his 25+ years with the Massachusetts Air National Guard in 2014. He now lives in Bourne, Massachusetts with his wife and three daughters. Nemo is a CFI/CFII and also supports his local Civil Air Patrol.