U.S. WWII fighter plane found on coast of Wales

On Thu, 15 Nov 2007 09:33:07 -0500, Roy Smith wrote:

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Kingfish wrote:

Odd how they'd be concerned with onboard fuel. You'd think by now it
either leaked out or has been contaminated by seawater and rendered
inert?

Just as amusing is the statement "It still has a lot of high-octane
fuel onboard, so it's important that the public doesn't go near it,"
as if high octane fuel is somehow more dangerous than low octane
fuel...

Unless they're concerned about the lead, which I doubt.

-Dana
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"Dana M. Hague" d(dash)m(dash)hague(at)comcast(dot)net wrote in message
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Just as amusing is the statement "It still has a lot of high-octane
fuel onboard, so it's important that the public doesn't go near it,"
as if high octane fuel is somehow more dangerous than low octane
fuel...

Unless they're concerned about the lead, which I doubt.


What fuel?

"On September 27, 1942, fuel exhaustion during a training mission forced 2nd
Lt Robert Fred Elliot to land the large twin-engine fighter in shallow water
on the beach."

http://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/nort...5578-20072078/