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Steve & Claudette Colwell wrote:

> Their recommendation was to ground the fuel filler neck to the fuel truck.
> Then wipe the surface of the wing a foot or so from the gas cap with a wet
> rag before removing the cap which will dissipate most of the surface
> charge.  Ground the fuel nozzle to the filler neck by touching it before
> removing the fuel cap and rest the nozzle on the grounded filler neck while
> refueling.
>
> Seems reasonable to me and not all that much trouble.    Steve Colwell

I am sure we all religiously ground our airplanes to the fuel truck and
consider other such precautions.  However, I can not fail to notice that no
precautions of any kind are taken when fueling automobiles.  If cars were
blowing up left and right while fueling, I am sure we would have heard about
it.

What is the big difference between the automobile and aircraft environments
(even a metal one) that such precautions are "necessary" in aircrafts and not
needed in automobiles?

Hamid

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