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What is Bingo fuel?
An aviation term indicating that the aircraft has barely enough fuel to return to home base safely.
Negative home base, I'm running on bingo fuel. Request return to airfield.
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Bingo fuel - what is it?
The absolute minimum amount of fuel required for an aircraft to return to an airport and conduct a safe landing.
"We are three minutes until bingo fuel. If you can't retrieve the rescue swimmer by then, we will leave him behind."