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   From: AA@AA.AA   
      
   "Lonnie" <@_#~#@.^net> wrote in news:5d9wk.37515$Rs1.29293@newsfe08.iad:   
      
   >   
   > "Andy Hawkins"  wrote in message   
   > news:slrngc22c2.qvd.andy@gently.org.uk...   
   >> Hi,   
   >>   
   >> In article ,   
   >>           Bertie the Bunyip wrote:   
   >>> Yeah, I found mainstream news reports on it after I posted that.   
   >>> They seem to be insisting it wasn't waxing, but actual ice in the   
   >>> fuel, which would be a very rare event. i have had it happen to me   
   >>> using Avgas. When 100LL came out first it had a habit of keeping   
   >>> water in suspension. I nearly came to grief, in fact, as did many   
   >>> others. that problem was solved with 100LL AFAIK, though. When I   
   >>> heard about the accident first I thought it might have been duff   
   >>> fuel they got in China, bu tI see no finger pointing in that   
   >>> direction. in some parts of the world the fuel is still pretty   
   >>> crude, being fairly wide cut. The engines sem to digest it with no   
   >>> problem, but fire hazards while fueling are greatly increased by   
   >>> them and I've often wondered if there are other risks. i have no   
   >>> idea what they refueled with in China or how carefully the fuel's   
   >>> quality is looked after.   
   >>   
   >> As you say, sounds odd. Hopefully the final report will shed a bit   
   >> more light on things.   
   >>   
   >> Thanks for the info.   
   >>   
   >> Andy   
   >   
   > You should be cross posting this shit to Andy, your hero is.   
   >   
      
      
   Yes yes gibber boi.   
      
      
      
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