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Old 18th Aug 2016, 19:06
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It's important to remember that the need to bond the aircraft to the source of the fuel (which might involve "grounding" too, but not necessarily) is because of the possibility of a latent static charge residing in the aircraft which has the "potential" to jump to the fuel source in the form of a spark. This has nothing whatever to do with the aircraft electrical system, nor household "mains". After all, we also bond aircraft which do not have an electrical system during fueling too!
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