7 Dec
1998
7 Dec
'98
8:40 a.m.
On Mon, 7 Dec 1998, Russ Blakeman wrote:
That's the purpose of the ground reel connected to
the tie down/ground point in
the ramp, prior to hooking up the aircraft to the truck. It drains both and puts
them both (truck and plane) on the same potential. When you're talking about JP4
through JP10 fuels then you are talking about a much bigger mess with a spark
than just touching an S100 machine while in the minivan - the ultimate screwup
actually.
Well, certainly vastly worse than the S100 machine problem. But in the
cosmic order of things, JPxx is pretty safe stuff compared to 100 Octane
AvGas with all the aromatics they used to put in that stuff for easy
winter starting!
- don