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Old February 27th 08, 09:30 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
Bertie the Bunyip[_24_]
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"JGalban via AviationKB.com" u32749@uwe wrote in
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Jay Honeck wrote:


I'll tell you where it happens -- in the shop hangar. They unscrew
the quick drain, stick a plastic funnel into a 5-gallon plastic jug,
and let the fuel drain. Then, when that jug is full, they quickly
move another jug under the funnel, dumping gas all over the hangar
floor. This happens until the tank is empty.


Don't they bond the aircraft to the fuel container (electrically)?
I met
an A&P/IA several years ago that lost his hangar and 3 of his
customers' airplanes by doing exactly what you described above. It
was a dry winter day and the flowing fuel formed a static charge. A
faint blue ring around the stream of gas that the IA noticed about 2
seconds before the hangar went up in flames.

A simple bonding strap between the airplane and the container would
have
avoided the whole mess.


Exactly, I have a freind who has some very wrinkly looking skin from
defueling an old mercedes in a garage...


Bertie
 




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