Thread: B17 crashed
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Old 06-14-2011, 02:20 AM
drewpee drewpee is offline
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Some thing as simple as a rag used to clean a part or catch a drip while changing oil accidentally left behind could be enough to cause a fire. Once a fire was able to take hold and the fuel tank caught its time to get out of there. Its hard to imagine the flames and heat that amount of av-gass would produce.
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