X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Sun, 04 May 2008 00:13:18 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from vms048pub.verizon.net ([206.46.252.48] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.2.2) with ESMTP id 2881166 for lml@lancaironline.net; Fri, 02 May 2008 00:34:14 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=206.46.252.48; envelope-from=tom.gourley@verizon.net Received: from jacky0da39824a ([71.111.168.41]) by vms048.mailsrvcs.net (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-6.01 (built Apr 3 2006)) with ESMTPA id <0K0800L8K4NBF811@vms048.mailsrvcs.net> for lml@lancaironline.net; Thu, 01 May 2008 23:33:14 -0500 (CDT) X-Original-Date: Thu, 01 May 2008 21:33:07 -0700 From: "Tom Gourley" Subject: Re: [LML] Re: IVP down in Mesa, AZ, 3 souls lost X-Original-To: "Lancair Mailing List" Reply-to: "Tom Gourley" X-Original-Message-id: <003901c8ac0d$9f1a1c60$650610ac@jacky0da39824a> MIME-version: 1.0 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3198 X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.3138 Content-type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0036_01C8ABD2.F2086F20" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-priority: Normal References: This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0036_01C8ABD2.F2086F20 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable isn't this the one the determined had been fueled with Jet-A instead of = 100LL... apparently the FBO had also fueled a 421 at the same time with = Jet-A, however it was caught prior to takeoff... I got this second hand = so perhaps it is not correct? I don't know about the plane being misfueled, but this comment reminds = me of something I read a while back. The pilot of a Turbo-Skylane was = refueling while on a cross country trip and noticed the line guy was = about to pump Jet-A into his plane. When the pilot stopped him from = pumping the Jet-A the line guy, with a confused look on his face, said, = "But it says Turbo on the side. Don't all these Turbos use Jet-A?" A = good reminder that just because someone works around airplanes doesn't = mean they know much about them. Keep a close eye on the fuel truck. = And having the word "Turbo" prominently displayed on an airplane is not = necessarily a good thing. Tom Gourley ------=_NextPart_000_0036_01C8ABD2.F2086F20 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
isn't this the one the determined had been = fueled with=20 Jet-A instead of 100LL... apparently the FBO had also fueled a 421 at = the same=20 time with Jet-A, however it was caught prior to takeoff... I got this = second=20 hand so perhaps it is not correct?
 
I don't know about the plane being = misfueled, but=20 this comment reminds me of something I read a while back.  The = pilot of a=20 Turbo-Skylane was refueling while on a cross country trip and noticed=20 the line guy was about to pump Jet-A into his plane.  = When the=20 pilot stopped him from pumping the Jet-A the line guy, with a confused = look on=20 his face, said, "But it says Turbo on the side.  Don't all=20 these Turbos use Jet-A?"  A good reminder that just because = someone=20 works around airplanes doesn't mean they know much about them.  = Keep a=20 close eye on the fuel truck.  And having the word "Turbo" = prominently=20 displayed on an airplane is not necessarily a good thing.
 
Tom Gourley
 
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