"John Ammeter" wrote in message ...
My opinion... whenever an airshow has parking on grass fields they become completely liable for any fires caused by
catalytic converters. It's no secret that all modern vehicles have catalytic converters and it's no secret that hot
catalytic converters WILL cause dry grass to catch on fire.

IMHO, SNF is completely responsible for any and all damages incurred because of the fires.

They should have cut the grass earlier and much shorter so it wouldn't have caught on fire, causing the damage to the
cars...

We have the same problem here at the Arlington Airfair... I drive a full size truck so I'm not likely to cause a fire
but any normal sedan, being much lower, is quite likely to be able to catch the grass on fire. I figure we've been
lucky so far but can't count on that to last forever...

John



Sometime shortly after the catalytic converters were mandated, heat shields were also mandated that are _supposed_ to
prevent this fire problem....