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Old 19th Apr 2001, 23:07
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Post Earthing during refueling

Apologies if the answer is glaringly obvious, but why do we earth aircraft when refuelling with avgas but happilly fill our cars at the petrol station without doing the same?

If anyone has the answer, rather than a theory, I would be grateful. I was asked this recently and was stumped. I know why we earth aircraft - the theory is straightforward; but why don't we earth cars?