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"Stuart & Kathryn Fields" <sfkf@iwvisp.com> wrote in message
news:psidnY-6pYZEssTYnZ2dnUVZ_vqdnZ2d@iwvisp.com...
> Do you get a high from sniffing the AV gas? Back before Nam and after Korea,
> I worked on B-36s and the fuel cell repair group would drain the fuel tanks
> and air them out with blowers and then crawl thru a small access panel and
> reseal leaks from the inside. (You could stand up vertically near the wing
> root) Even with the draining and air out stuff one large guy got high off the
> fumes and set down on the gear box (inside the tank) and pulled out a
> cigarette and a lighter. A very small guy picked him up and pushed him thru
> the small access panel hole. It was normal for those guys to get out of the
> tank with a buzz on.
Today's standards would never let that happen. They at a minimum would have
respirators with activated charcoal elements, and possibly forced (positive
pressure) fresh air masks.
--
Jim in NC
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