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Re: Ignition circuit of '66 B

To: schooler@member.afa.org
Subject: Re: Ignition circuit of '66 B
From: "David Breneman" <idcb@airborne.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2003 16:42:23 -0700 (PDT)
schooler SEZ -
> I thought that this had to do with the flash point temperature of gasoline
> vs the temp of the burning end of a cigarette...something to the effect that
> it (the flash point) was higher than the temp of the cigarette.  Urban
> legend?

The point is that gasoline doesn't burn.  Only the vapor does.

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Distributed Systems S/W Analyst    |  do what you planned it to do
Airborne Express, Inc.             |  doesn't mean it's useless."
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