trolleydollylover
28th Apr 2001, 18:56
Has anybody ever had an Uplift of contaminated Fuel. If you have please let me know to settle an arguement, please state the airfield and aircraft. This is NOT a Blacklist of airfields just for reference and to prove a point that it is possible to get water contamination from a bowser.
Cheers
It is possible to get water out of a bowser if the refuelling dept doesn't do its job properly. You get condensation inside the tanker which lies under the fuel (greater density). The operators are supposed to drain this water off. Incidentally, same applies to aircraft tanks. In my experience, the FE will normally do a manual drain if the system is not designed to do it automatically.
If you've got a spare hour or 2, visit the fuel dept - it's fascinating what they do to the stuff we put in our tanks, and how they do it. I think you would be re-assured on the quality control issue.