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To: blackdog

Maybe OK on a SR-71, but fuel leaking on a passenger plane is not a Good Thing.


4 posted on 06/15/2017 2:01:03 AM PDT by Paladin2 (No spelchk nor wrong word auto substition on mobile dev. Please be intelligent and deal with it....)
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To: Paladin2

Full fuel load going to Italy. Cold fuel on a hot tarmac. Vents have to open for expansion. I have seen 300 pounds leak out the vents from a parked plane. It has to or the rivets will pop like popcorn.


7 posted on 06/15/2017 2:12:12 AM PDT by blackdog
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