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From: elec140@canterbury.ac.nz
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Subject: Re: SR-71 Blackbird question
Message-ID: <1990Oct2.235441.24071@cbnews.att.com>
Date: 2 Oct 90 23:54:41 GMT
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From: elec140@canterbury.ac.nz
In article <1990Sep29.155314.7821@cbnews.att.com>, ** Sender Unknown ** writes:
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> The fuel is so inflamable that it can not be lit by a match.
>

That is certainly true. When the SR-71 is on the ground there is a continuous
stream of fuel leaking from its tanks. Once the aircraft heats up and expands
the leaks stop. Nothing has been done about this because the fuel is so
inflamable that there is no real fire hazard!

(information source: "Reach for the Skies", BBC TV series on aviation)

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Chris Kaiser
Postgrad - Elec Eng Dept
Canterbury University
Christchurch, NEW ZEALAND

E.MAIL: c.kaiser@elec.canterbury.ac.nz
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