On Mon, 17 Dec 2007 19:37:09 GMT, Maple1 wrote:

John Szalay wrote:


WOW look at all the fuel under that bird Yikes..

Yeow! I knew they leaked like seives but that's really scary! I know the fuel
was some weird stuff but does anyone know how volatile the stuff really was?
I've tried to explain to people, after they've seen movies like Die Hard xxxxx
(or whatever) that jet planes don't have garden faucets on the engines and that
Jet A can't be lit up with a cigarette, match or lighter but they saw on the
movies and it must be true.... sigh.
Cheers,
jc