How to fuel a B737

When it comes to fueling aircraft, I’ve met some people who found the idea of fueling a bit intimidating because of the calculations involved. I was completely surprised how something as simple as calculations prevented someone from applying for a job. There is no reason to fear fueling aircraft or applying for an aircraft fueling job because of the calculations involved. The calculations involved are actually very simple and it should not stop anyone from applying for a fueling job. The embedded video below covers How to fuel a B737 and carry out the simple calculations.

Ground Speed Gaming

This is the first video created for the new Youtube channel; “Ground Speed Gaming.” Ground Speed Gaming primarily focuses on aviation related videos, although there will be occasional non-aviation related gaming. It’ll mostly consist of flying general aviation aircraft in Microsoft Flight Simulator (MSFS). There are a lot of other aviation related games besides MSFS that will be covered too. Other games include things like Aircraft Accident Investigations, Air Traffic Control, Airline Management and more. Keep an eye out for additional aviation related videos on “Ground Speed Gaming”.

AirportSIM – the simulator

The game (or simulator) in this video is AirportSim by MS Games and MK Studios. It is available for purchase on Steam at a reasonable price. It’s important to note, some footage from MSFS2020 with the PMDG B737-800 add-on in American Airlines colors was used. It needs to be pointed out that the B737 in American Airlines colors is not part of AirportSim. It was used to illustrate what a ship number is and where to find ship numbers on an aircraft. All the other footage was captured while playing AirportSim. No additional music or sound effects were added to this video. It’s all strictly AirportSIM footage, except for the brief American Airlines B737 footage.

AirportSIM is worth buying

Is it worth buying AirportSim? If you like the idea of working around various aircraft providing ground services; then yes it is worth buying. It’s actually pretty cool. Keep this in mind; this is coming from someone who worked on the ramp for 6 years, flight dispatched for 4.5 years, fueling aircraft for 6 years and worked Operations Ramp control. It covers almost everything you do when working on the ramp.

How to fuel a B737
The digital readout of a B737 fuel panel is not broken down to the decimal in real life.
Missing elements of AirportSIM

There are some things missing from AirportSim, but they really do not need to be simulated. The missing tasks would likely turn off potential gamers. Tasks such as aircraft swaps due to maintenance, after the aircraft has been prepped for departure. Or sorting through all of the bags after they have already been loaded to find that one specific bag to be removed from the flight. There is no need to simulate that, you can experience that if you decide to start working for an airline in real life. Although, it really does not happen very often.

How to fuel a B737
Airbus A320 Fuel Panel. A320s cannot hold 15,430 lbs of fuel in the wings, only up to 13,800 lbs.
Minor errors that need correcting

There are still a few little errors with the fueling, which are pointed out during the video. However, they have already made quite a few corrections from the earlier version. It was impressive to see they made those changes. In an article titled “AirportSIM looks like a fun realistic simulator”, minor errors were pointed out with the modeled B737. Those errors have since been corrected. Was it due to the article? Not likely, but I was impressed they made the changes afterwards. Updating the changes to the B737 after its release says a lot about the studios responsible for creating AirportSim. Well done MS Games and MK Studios, it shows you care about your product. That is good to see and thank you for creating AirportSim, it’s fun to play..

Ashley Wincer

Ashley is a United States based Australian working towards building flight time to meet the US ATP requirements. Currently works full time as a contractor for multiple Part 121 US Airlines. Previously has worked as a US Flight Dispatcher, Ramp Agent and Operations Ramp Controller.

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