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Old 4th Feb 2012, 00:23
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Wizofoz
 
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IGH,

Interesting, but from your quoted text:-

Ops Manual mandated a "clean" configuration for fuel dump; tests showed no significant hazard in any configuration Lockheed next tested ignition of dumped-fuel: test Tunnel, scale model wing and dump system ==> test proved it was impossible to involve the Wing in fire under any condition (unless a fire was maintained within the Wing itself.)
Seems like under idealised conditions, you MIGHT be able to ignite the vapour trail, but even then it is unlikely to pose a hazard.

Still, that is more what I was looking for in terms of SOME type of evidence, rather than just "What I heard" type reasoning.
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