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Posted on 11/03/2004 12:20:59 AM PST by nwctwx
I appreciate it every day.
At the rate the "FOX gong" is going today, you soon will have no skin left to leap from!
That's duck and cover. ;-)
IPN has updates of the incident.
LOL. Must remember to reduce caffeine intake too.
I didn't mean to imply that the UV would detect any sort of nuclear radiation ...the UV gadgets just detect the spectrum of hidden lines of color woven into the currency...each denomination having it's own color code and location. As one hypersensitive to UV light it peaked my curiosity when one was placed in the local pharmacy.
3 masked men
7-10 hostages
per FOX
SWAT has surrounded
'may' have started as robbery and evolved into hostage situation
Are referring to the Mexican Consulate?
Part of the pre-flight check is to take a device that looks like a test tube with a probe and drain some fuel from your fuel tanks. If there is water contamination, the water will be at the bottom of the tube. You also check to see if the color of the fuel is correct for the octane level required by your engine. Different octane grades are dyed different colors. You should also be looking for particulate contamination.
A classic way to spoil gasoline is to add sugar. It would not be hard to dump some sugar into the fuel tank in such a manner that it doesn't migrate down to the inspection drain port. Once underway, the motion of the aircraft would mix the sugar with the fuel and allow sucking it into the engine. Hopefully, you would notice that by the time you reach the end of the taxiway and do your full power runup of the engine before attempting a takeoff roll.
I'm sure a competent petro-chemical engineer could devise a means to taint fuel that would have a delayed action. That would put you in the air with bad fuel. That is exactly why a good pilot is always looking for somewhere satisfactory to land in case of an engine failure.
Any update? This would be big news if true . . .
Yes. Sorry for not making that clear.
Thanks for the explanation.
Would a pilot do his own pre-flight check with the test-tube device, or would an airport crew member do that?
Sounds like it is over. From IPN:
LAX| Los Angeles| SWAT/ERT| OCB Tac 1| |U/D: per CP OIS occd w/1 susp txpd on street-Consulate bldg being cleared-no ind of furth susps| LAX019| 10:51
Earlier reports had 3-4 suspects. What is txpd?
Good news. Thanks
txpd=transported.
I also just heard on ABC news on the radio this may all have been a domestic situation gone REAL bad.
That is normally a job for the pilot. Even the SkyWest pilots that fly the Embraer 320 from Pocatello to Salt Lake City for Delta Shuttle perform basic check like that. I don't know if the big Boeing/Airbus jet aircraft get a similar fuel check by the pilot. I do see the pilot-in-command walking around the whole aircraft for a pre-flight.
A private pilot does that as a point of personal responsibility. A student pilot would perform those checks under the instruction and supervision of a proper instructor.
I hope this is all. Thanks for the update!
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