Uh, oh. FBO Fuel Truck Stolen.

[mikea]

Federal and local law enforcement agencies in Tennessee and Kentucky have been put on alert after a truck filled with aviation fuel was stolen Friday morning from a Kentucky airport.

http://www.wtvf.com/content/news/14060.asp

"You mean ANYBODY can get the SAME EXPLOSIVE FUEL that brought down the WTC and NOBODY IS WATCHING?"

Look for long delays as each airport fuel truck has to coordinate the required police escort. At the same time, of course, 100 auto fuel trucks a day will be leaving the tanker farm.

Let's hope these goofs do try running the Jet A in their Ford F-150s.

 

[silver-eagle]

It's highly flammable from what we’ve been told. We don't really know what the purpose of someone taking it.

It's fuel. Of course it is highly flammable!

At $3 a gallon, what other reason would someone have? Money! Sell the fuel, sell the truck. Since it never leaves the airport, it never gets registered, its serial number will never be checked.

There are some incredibly dumb things said.

 

[Tom-D]

OMG there might be some BAT crap from a cave in Texas missing too..

We better hire a couple gobment folks to inventory that stuff and keep records of how much we have and how much we expect to have in the next 100 years..

WE should also track every gallon of used motor oil. both for EPA and Homeland security.

 

[mikea]

It's fuel. Of course it is highly flammable!

Actually, as I understand it kerosene isn't as flammable as gasoline. It has to be atomized and it doesn't atomize as well as gasoline. It doesn't have a flammable vapor like gasoline.

I know. The TWA 800 plane exploded but IIRC the theory is that fuel was heated.

I know. The jets on 9/11 effectively exploded, really more inflamed, on impact but the impact did the atomization.

I've heard that liquid kerosene and Jet A will douse a match. With AvGas and auto gasoline you'd only try the experiment once.

 

[fgcason]

I've heard that liquid kerosene and Jet A will douse a match. With AvGas and auto gasoline you'd only try the experiment once.

Avgas and auto gas will put out a match too. It's the vapors that will get you.

Now if you don't keep the vapors under control, well, that's kind of self inflicted. Just don't try this at home and you don't have to worry about it...

 

[Anthony]

Hide your children!!! Run away, run away!!! If you have one of those sticky soccer balls on the back of your minivan, take it off NOW. They're coming right at YOU!!!

Ahhhhhhhhh!

 

[Eamon]

"Officials said the truck, which was filled with approximately 1,400 gallons of jet fuel, was driven through a fence that surrounds the airport property." After a three year study, all airport fences will have to be upgraded to withstand a fuel truck with 1,400 gallons of fuel from going through (and this includes airports that don't even have a fuel truck). -- Mike

P.S. I would be looking for anything that burns diesel fuel. A 50-50 mix might work (50% jet-A and 50% diesel). Farm tractors? Who is going to check the fuel in farm tractors? Nobody. Somebody just cut their fuel bill in half. The fuel truck is in the barn.

Any diesel motor will run on straight Jet-A.

I add 20 OZ of Jet-A every day to my 99 Hyundi & is runs great

 

[L10MAN]

Jet A isn't that "explosive", I don't care what they say about TWA 800. Had an L1011 we just hung a new engine on. Part of the engine runs were to put the engine in flight idle and operate all three aircycle machines (airconditioning units) max cold off that one engines bleed air. The airvents in the cockpit were blowing water vapor, not unusual for LAX, except this stuff smelled like Jet A. Turns out during overhaul someone crossed a fuel nozzle line with a hi pressure bleed line. Filled the entire aircraft and all the ducting with jet fuel. At the same time had electrical problems and lost all three generators. Couldn't even shut the engines down. Could have been interesting. We had all the right ingredients for a bomb just didn't have enough ignition.
Ron

 

[Let'sgoflying!]

[QUOTEJ Turns out during overhaul someone crossed a fuel nozzle line with a hi pressure bleed line. [/QUOTE]

wow thats a scary one.
Hey, I would have thought those lines would be completely different sizes and fitting types, fitting colors and what about labels?? I guess not!




"Jet A isn't that "explosive", I don't care what they say about TWA 800."

http://www.dfrc.nasa.gov/Gallery/Movie/CID/Medium/EM-0004-02.mpg


heehee

 

[L10MAN]

It was a bleed air muscle line -- same diameter same fittings no markings. Only thing is both lines are formed ridged ss, only fits one place. Took just a bit of "work" to get them to go together like that.

Ron

 

[Let'sgoflying!]

Took just a bit of "work" to get them to go together like that.
Ron

Murphy rule of thumb: If there is any potential for someone to screw it up, even if it takes monumental efforts, someone will do it!

Now all that is left is to predict when the next person will do it. Think a SDR will help? Maybe start labelling them all? Without prevention we are doomed to repeat the errors of those before us.

 

[gkainz]

Let's hope these goofs do try running the Jet A in their Ford F-150s.

I am HIGHLY offended that you impune the reputation of Ford truck drivers by your comment. This was obviously committed by Chevy drivers.

 

[wsuffa]

I am HIGHLY offended that you impune the reputation of Ford truck drivers by your comment. This was obviously committed by Chevy drivers.

Ya mean Chevy trucks actually run?

(grins, runs, ducks for cover).

 

[Maverick]

Ya mean Chevy trucks actually run?

(grins, runs, ducks for cover).

Someone I used to work with had a baseball cap that said "This here's Ford Country, on a quiet night you can hear a Chevy rust!"

 

[mikea]

Someone I used to work with had a baseball cap that said "This here's Ford Country, on a quiet night you can hear a Chevy rust!"

OK. High wing vs. Low Wing. Ford vs. Chevy vs. Mopar.

Any of you other guys remember the DC car comics that actually had Ford vs. Chevy vs. Mopar?

 

[Richard]

Someone I used to work with had a baseball cap that said "This here's Ford Country, on a quiet night you can hear a Chevy rust!"

The reason the nights are so quiet in Ford country is because they be waitin for parts.....again.