O. Sami Saydjari wrote:
I just got my first issue of "Light Plane Maintenance" magazine.
I am really enjoying it. In their free book "40 Top Maintenance Tips"
(p27), they say "get the Halon extinguisher while they are still
legal."

Halon has been banned years ago because it is one of the worst chemicals
wrt. destroying the ozone layer.

As I recall, there has been some issue that inhaling Halon can be
pretty bad for people's health.

Not really. Halon is non-toxic.

Why is a Halon fire extinguisher a
great idea.

Because is it is non-toxic, very effective, non-corrosive, non-damaging,
doesn't leave a residue, and half a dozen other reasons.

Also, this might sound dumb, but don't C02 extringuisher work by
depriving fires of 0xygen?

Plus cooling the fire below the ingnition temperature.

It seems to me that in a small aircraft
cabin, one might also end up depriving the pilot and crew of oxygen as
well.

Only a concern for prolonged exposure.

Perhaps, one can survive long enough to put out the fire and
then open the air vents?!

Normal ventilation would probably even be enough.

jue