Heathrow crash
"Lonnie" @_#~#@.^net wrote in :
"Andy Hawkins" wrote in message
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Hi,
In article ,
Bertie the wrote:
Yeah, I found mainstream news reports on it after I posted that.
They seem to be insisting it wasn't waxing, but actual ice in the
fuel, which would be a very rare event. i have had it happen to me
using Avgas. When 100LL came out first it had a habit of keeping
water in suspension. I nearly came to grief, in fact, as did many
others. that problem was solved with 100LL AFAIK, though. When I
heard about the accident first I thought it might have been duff
fuel they got in China, bu tI see no finger pointing in that
direction. in some parts of the world the fuel is still pretty
crude, being fairly wide cut. The engines sem to digest it with no
problem, but fire hazards while fueling are greatly increased by
them and I've often wondered if there are other risks. i have no
idea what they refueled with in China or how carefully the fuel's
quality is looked after.
As you say, sounds odd. Hopefully the final report will shed a bit
more light on things.
Thanks for the info.
Andy
You should be cross posting this **** to Andy, your hero is.
Yes yes gibber boi.
Bertie
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