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From: gfk@bridge2.3Com.Com (Gregory Kendall)
Newsgroups: rec.aviation,sci.space.shuttle
Subject: Re: SR71 to be retired October 1st, rumors regarding SR-71
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Date: 25 Mar 89 17:55:45 GMT
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In article <5628@brspyr1.BRS.Com> miket@brspyr1.BRS.Com (Mike Trout) writes:
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>I've heard tales that the fuel's so difficult to ignite that ground crews will
>terrify neophytes by grinding out lit cigarettes in SR-71 fuel puddles.

Listen up, folks. Cigarettes are not very hot, when it comes to igniting fuel.
I have, repeatedly, dropped lit cirarettes into buckets of gasoline (that's
right, mogas, autogas). NO ignition! A cigarettes won't even ignite gasoline,
let alone kerosine/jet fuel. This trick is, I'll admit, a good one to scare
the shit out of the naive.