"Stealth Pilot" wrote in message
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On Sun, 27 Mar 2005 08:10:19 -0600, "Fly" wrote:


the champions prize for plain outa luck must be the guy who was test
fitting the fuel tank in a partially completed fuselage. why he was
using fuel for the test I dont know, water would have been quite ok.
as the tank was draining into a metal bucket on the floor the fuel
caught fire. burnt out his project and the aircraft hangared beside
him and the friends hangar he was using.

Reminds me of the time I was working on my motorcycle in a communal
motorcycle garage. I lifted the tank off of my bike's frame whilst
unfortunately forgetting the hose that loops under the frame to connect the two
halves of the tank. Next thing you know, I was standing in a puddle of
gasoline. Did I mention the Coleman lantern we were using for light?

After I hastily extinguished my pant legs, I was able to fight the balance
of the fire with the extinguisher that we had presciently mounted on the outer
door of the structure...exactly the place that we expected to run to in case of
fire.

Vaughn