GEORGE,
     In a message dated 12-28-97 you wrote ...
> The Wisconsin Guard or Reserve (I'm not sure which) lost a KC-135 a
> couple years ago.  It was on the ground and they were doing some
> maintenance work on it when a fuel tank exploded. There were a few
> fatalities.  The probable cause was cited as a spark, from a fuel pump
> or a quantity gauge, in the fuel tank.
 They are only about 40 years old now... But on the
 ground, static electricity is the biggest danger...
 I retired in 1966 :)
still never saw one blow up from fuel...
   -=*  Jim Sanders  *=-
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