Many many thanks for this, It was extremely infuriating to be 5mn before arriving to Almirante Schroeders SCDW and see the plane go down without having done anything. I'll refuel and see what happens. 🙂
It seems the game lacks some pointers as to what to do during these bushtrips, especially if it's the first you're following.
I've tested just right now assigning R to "Repair and Refuel" ("Réparation et ravitaillement" in my french game) and it works great in mid air
Also there is another bug but it saved me 40mn : if you crash for lack of fuel like this, and go back to the menu, click on Continue et relaunch, you'll restart at the beginning of the leg.
But if you hit Alt-F4, close the game, relaunch it, return to the bush trips from the main menu and click Continue, the game may restart you a few dozen seconds before the crash, allowing you to use the mapped button for Repair and Refuel and finish the last 4mn to the airfield. This is what saved me from this fuel problem and also from some restarts from the forest where you can't take off because you crash every 10meters in the trees. Just alt-f4 and relaunch.
Have a nice day.