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Re: Leuchars - by rail....

Posted: 26 Jul 2008, 11:10
by SkippyBing
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Fast quantities of fuel won't explode, they'll just burn, you need to vaporise the fuel for an explosion. Underground storage tanks solve the problem as there's generally only a small area that can be exposed and start to burn, think the oil wells at the end of Gulf War 1.
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Re: Leuchars - by rail....

Posted: 26 Jul 2008, 11:20
by TSR2
Good point mate, but I doubt a massive burning fire on your airfield is desirable.... and what happened at Bruncefield oil depot? :think:

Re: Leuchars - by rail....

Posted: 26 Jul 2008, 15:15
by Chris Trott
If you want to talk burning fuel, look at DFW. They had a horrible experince when the Delta L1011 went down and crashed into the fuel farm.