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Old March 1st 08, 06:40 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
Stella Starr
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Default Is this the death of GA

Jay Honeck wrote:


A.Aircraft Not To Be Running Or In Enclosed Space: No aircraft shall
be refueled, defueled or oil serviced while aircraft engines are
running, when aircraft is being warmed by application of heat or when
aircraft is in a closed hangar or a congested or an enclosed space.


So, if I'm reading this right, having a 40-foot by 25 foot front of the
building (AKA: a bi-fold door) open (as in, the front of the building is
missing), we are not refueling in a "closed hangar, or a congested or an
enclosed space."

Thanks for clarifying this, Stella. I'm glad the statutes support our
actions.


You may be right, dude.
One might give a call to the fire department to get confirmation, and
just verify that's the way THEY would interpret it.

At the airport where I learned to fly, they (both management AND other
pilots and hangar lessees) frowned strongly on fueling in the hangar,
and a fellow who regularly did it ...started closing his hangar door so
they couldn't see him doing it. Not an optimum outcome, I thought.