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2003-06-13 East/Subsaharan Africa

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Posted by Steve 2003-06-13 02:29 pm|| || Front Page|| [16 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Several companies in Alaska have tankers for air delivery of gasoline, heating fuel and Jet A-50 that deliver fuel to communities, mines, and military sites not accessible by road or barge. The fuel lines for the tanks are manifolded to a main line on the deck, and each tank is baffled (anti-slosh) and vented to a manifold that vents outside the plane. They are purple-heart boxes if they do anything more than have a gear collapse and run off the runway. One must have a special attitude toward life to fly them around to gravel strips in some God-awful places year after year.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2003-06-13 16:02:30|| 2003-06-13 16:02:30|| Front Page Top

#2 Oh man..this is worse than I thought. 33,000 lbs of JP-8 (6.7 lbs per gallon) plus whatever is in the wing and body tanks is going to make one hell of a fire if this thing crashes into something. And it was the fire that brought down the WTC.

Posted by Watcher 2003-06-13 23:21:10|| 2003-06-13 23:21:10|| Front Page Top

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