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At 10:10 PM 12/9/02 -0700, Jim Duffy wrote:
>As an A&P, I get asked all the time what I think of using auto fuel in
>airplanes. I reply, that there is no quality control in auto fuel system
to
>insure that there is no water in the fuel, I wonder how many
>aircraft are in the scrap heaps due to fuel contamination not only water
but
>other contaminants as well. Avgas is pretty cheap insurance. Jim N87349
Suppose so. But Chevron bought alot of aircraft engine overhauls because
something slipped into the AvGas. Hince, "cheap insurance" tho it may
be,
it is not a gaurantee. It is the PIC that must assure fuel adaquacy;
avgas,
mogas or passedgas.
Percy in Portland
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