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Originally Posted by sammyg2 View Post
It does if it gets above it's flash point of 125 degrees F (jet A) but that shouldn't happen under normal circumstances.
That is what I was inelegantly trying to say. The temp in the Fuel tank should not have been above the flash point of Jet-A. If it was, then there was something else serious going on.

By comparison, the flashpoint for gasoline can be as low as -45F.
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