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What color does 100LL turn if you mix in some Jet-A?  Maybe we should add
the "sniff test" to the preflight.  We still take fuel samples as part of
the preflight... right?

Mark S.

On Sat, May 3, 2008 at 11:13 PM, Tom Gourley <tom.gourley@verizon.net>
wrote:

>  *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
>
>

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What color does 100LL turn if you mix in some Jet-A?&nbsp; Maybe we should add the &quot;sniff test&quot; to the preflight.&nbsp; We still take fuel samples as part of the preflight... right?&nbsp; <br><br>Mark S.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
On Sat, May 3, 2008 at 11:13 PM, Tom Gourley &lt;<a href="mailto:tom.gourley@verizon.net">tom.gourley@verizon.net</a>&gt; wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">






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<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial" size="2"><i>isn&#39;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></font></span></div></font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">I don&#39;t know about the plane being misfueled, but 
this comment reminds me of something I read a while back.&nbsp; The pilot of a 
Turbo-Skylane was refueling while on a cross country trip and noticed 
the&nbsp;line guy&nbsp;was about to pump Jet-A into his plane.&nbsp; When the 
pilot stopped him from pumping the Jet-A the line guy, with a confused look on 
his face, said, &quot;But it says Turbo on the side.&nbsp; Don&#39;t all 
these&nbsp;Turbos use Jet-A?&quot;&nbsp; A good reminder that just because someone 
works around airplanes doesn&#39;t mean they know much about them.&nbsp; Keep a 
close eye on the fuel truck.&nbsp; And having the word &quot;Turbo&quot; prominently 
displayed on an airplane is not necessarily a good thing.</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2"></font>&nbsp;</div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2">Tom Gourley</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2"></font>&nbsp;</div></div>
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