 | Gas Tank Drilled? Gas Stolen? Here is the repair With the recent high gas prices, and accompanying theft by drilling out of tanks, here is something I figured I would test out first hand. I was wondering if the infamous "Mighty Putty" would fix a hole in a drilled out gas tank of your vehicle. Not wanting to try it on my truck's gas tank.. :) I tested it out on a water bottle filled with gas. I wanted to make sure that the gas would not break down the putty.. and to make sure it would hold tight enough. So if you are unlucky enough to get hit by this new kind of gas theft, here is a neat way to get yourself fixed well enough to take it into the shop. Be advised that not all thieves are puncturing the tanks; others are cutting into the fuel filler tube. On some cars, the plastic tubes, which carry gasoline into the tank, run on the underside of the vehicle. |
 | Filling Up The Tank A filling station, fueling station, gas station or petrol station is a facility which sells fuel and lubricants for motor vehicles. The most common fuels sold are gasoline (petrol) or diesel fuel. Some stations carry specialty fuels such as liquified petroleum gas (LPG), compressed natural gas (CNG), hydrogen, biodiesel, ethanol, or kerosene. In recent times filling stations have also begun to sell butane and added shops to their primary business, and convenience stores are now a familiar sight alongside pumps. The term "gas station" is mostly used in the United States and Canada, where petrol is known as "gas" or "gasoline." In some regions of Canada the term "gas bar" is also frequently used. Elsewhere in the English-speaking world the form "petrol station" or "petrol pump" are used. In the United Kingdom the single noun garage is still commonly used, even though the petrol station may have no service/maintenance facilities which would justify this description. Similarly, in Australia, the term service station ("servo") describes any petrol station. In Japanese English, it is called a "gasoline stand". In Indian English, it's called a Petrol Pump. In some regions of America, filling stations usually have a mechanic on duty, but this is uncommon in other parts of the world. |
 | Flying Gas Station...(Low Flyby) The Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker is an aerial refueling tanker aircraft. It has been in service with the U.S. Air Force since 1957.The KC-135 is derived from the original Boeing jet transport "proof of concept" demonstrator, the Boeing 367-80 (commonly called the "Dash-80"). As such, it has a narrower fuselage and is shorter than the Boeing 707 jetliner. Developed in the late-1950s this basic airframe is characterized by swept wings and tail, four under wing mounted engine pods, a horizontal stabilizer mounted on the fuselage near the bottom of the vertical stabilizer with positive dihedral on the two horizontal planes and a hi-frequency radio antenna which protrudes forward from the top of the vertical fin or stabilizer. These basic features make it strongly resemble the commercial Boeing 707 and 720 aircraft although, it is actually a different aircraft. The Strategic Air Command had the KC-135 Stratotankers in service from 1957 through 1991 and with the Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve from 1975 through 1991, when they were re-assigned to the Air Mobility Command. Reconnaissance and command post variants, including Boeing EC-135 Looking Glass, Post Attack Command & Control Systems were operated by SAC from 1963 through 1991, when they were re-assigned to the Air Combat Command. Boeing's 367-80 was the basic design for the commercial Boeing 707 passenger aircraft as well as the KC-135A Stratotanker. In 1954 the USAF's Strategic Air Command ordered the first 29 of its future fleet of 732. The first aircraft flew in August 1956 and the initial production Stratotanker was delivered to Castle Air Force Base, California, in June 1957. The last KC-135 was delivered to the Air Force in 1965.Of the original KC-135As, more than 410 have been modified with new CFM56 engines produced by CFM-International. The re-engined tanker, designated either the KC-135R or KC-135T, can offload 50% more fuel, is 25% more fuel efficient, costs 25% less to operate and is 96% quieter than the KC-135A. Under an earlier modification program, 157 Air Force Reserve (AFRES) and Air National Guard (ANG) tankers were re-engined with the Pratt & Whitney TF-33-PW-102 engines from retired 707 airliners. The re-engined tanker, designated the KC-135E, is 14% more fuel efficient than the KC-135A and can offload 20% more fuel.The KC-135Q was the variant modified to carry the JP-7 fuel necessary for the SR-71 Blackbird, segregating the JP-7 from the KC-135's own fuel supply (the body tanks carrying JP-7, and the wing tanks carrying JP-4). When the KC-135Q model received the CFM-56 engines, it was redesignated the KC-135T model, which was capable of separating the main body tanks from the wing tanks where the KC-135 draws its engine fuel. The KC-135R/T was a receiver-capable tanker, used for pilot training and operational refueling missions. Currently all KC-135R/T models (Receiver capable) are with the 22nd Air Refueling Wing at McConnell AFB, KS.n January 2006, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld announced the cancellation of the KC-767 lease which would have replaced some of the KC-135 fleet. This followed public revelations of corruption in how the contract was awarded, as well as controversy regarding the original leasing rather than outright purchase agreement. This is also designed to be a cost-cutting measure and is part of a larger reorganization and redefinition of the Air Force's mission that includes the retirement of the E-4B fleet, the cancellation of the Boeing 767-based E-10 MC2A program, as well as the elimination of all but 58 B-52 Stratofortresses. Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld states that this move will in no way impair the Air Force's ability to deliver the mission of the KC-767, which will be accomplished by continuing upgrades to the KC-135 and KC-10 Extender fleet. In 2006, the U.S. Air Force projected the KC-135's lifespan to be out as late as 2040. * Crew: 3: pilot, copilot, boom operator. Certain missions or aircraft(non-Pacer CRAG) require the addition of a navigator * Length: 136 ft 3 in (41.53 m) * Wingspan: 130 ft 10 in (39.88 m) * Height: 41 ft 8 in (12.70 m) * Wing area: 2,433 ft² (226 m²) * Empty weight: 98,466 lb (44,663 kg) * Loaded weight: 297,000 lb (135,000 kg) * Max takeoff weight: 322,500 lb (146,000 kg) * Powerplant: 4× (R/T) CFM International CFM-56 (F108-CF-100) turbofan engines, 21,634 lbf (96 kN) each} * Powerplant: 4× (E) Pratt & Whitney TF-33-PW-102 turbofan engines , 18,000 lbf (80 kN) each |
 | Kerosene Tanker Fire Closes Highway 20 A stretch of Highway 20 in Colusa County was shut down Tuesday after a tanker truck carrying aviation fuel caught fire, the California Highway Patrol said. |
 | Porter carry gas tank up Mountain Kinabalu A porter overtook us while carry a cooking gas tank up Mountain Kinabalu. |
 | TOWERBG - Serbian Air Force! Serbian airmen flying the aircraft MIG-29. High speed, high altitude, long range interceptor. Armament for the MiG-29 includes a single GSh-30-1 30 mm cannon in the port wing root. This originally had a 150-round magazine, which was reduced to 100 rounds in later variants. Original production MiG-29B aircraft cannot fire the cannon when carrying a centerline fuel tank as it blocks the shell ejection port. This issue was corrected in the MiG-29S and later versions. Three pylons are provided under each wing (four in some variants), for a total of six (or eight). The inboard pylons can carry either a 1,150 liter (300 US gallon) fuel tank, one Vympel R-27 (AA-10 'Alamo') medium-range air-to-air missile, or unguided bombs or rockets. The outer pylons usually carry R-73 (AA-11 'Archer') dogfight missiles, although some users still retain the older R-60 (AA-8 'Aphid'). A single 1,500 liter (400 US gallon) tank can be fitted to the centerline, between the engines, for ferry flights, but this position is not used for combat stores. Music by Judas Priest. |
 | Fx: Portable, Hip-Pocket, Hand-Crank Power Generator U.S. Army Soldiers seeking Situational Awareness (SA) through electronic mental gadgets are at risk of being blinded by battery power failure. This is just one reason why its not good enough to apply just electronic Future Combat System (FCS) SA "icing" to bad "cake" like foot-slogging light infantry that lacks a FCS troop-carrying tank platform with fuel-powered and potentially solar power sources to regenerate batteries for dismounted actions. They need a "FCS Junior"--a High Technology M113 Gavin light tank to carry and charge SA devices--while offering cross-country armored mobility and battle-winning firepower--and not be a costly hindrance as a road-bound wheeled Humvee/Stryker/JLTV truck is: http://www.combatreform.com/itmaneuversabattalion.htm Some small devices requiring low amounts of electricity can be Soldier hand-crank and solar powered and this video shows one commercial, off-the-shelf (COTS) solution for light and cell phones that can be worn on the hip. Obviously a purpose-built military pocket charger would be more capable at greater cost and less availability. http://www.combatreform.com/batterychargesolution.htm The hand-crank 5027 flashlight available from Nebo or Buffalo Tools is featured in this video: http://www.buffalotools.htm Order from Fox Home Center http://www.foxhomecenter.com/hand_tools/nebo.htm 5027 Windup Flashlight 3 Super Bright LEDs Windup for 1 minute & get up to 1 HOUR of Bright Light NO Batteries needed ever Mobile Phone Adapters Included 2 - 3 minutes of winding will re-charge a mobile phone with 2 - 8 minutes of call time TPR made handle with a soft and smooth feeling grip Body is 5½" tall GREAT for your home, car, office, camping or any emergency! $11.99 |
 | Hydrogen sulfide tanker crashes Midland county fire officials are on the scene of an explosion in east Midland county where a tanker carrying a solution containing hydrogen sulfide has crashed and burned. Fire official Dale Little says a one mile radius has been sealed off because of a cloud containing H2S. The driver of the truck has been sent to Midland Memorial Hospital with unknown injuries. Little said the dangerous gas would disperse and further evacuations would be unneccessary. -- Jimmy Patterson, MyWestTexas Editor. |
 | The Chasers War on Everything-Grease Lightning Lyrics as requested. 'Common guys gather up. Why this car's a carbon monoxide emitter It's a carbon dioxide emitter It's a carbon tryoxide emitter Why its a gas guzzling. "We'll get a super sized fuel tank and pump it full of pure lead! Keep pumpin oh keep pumpin. We're burnin up the gallons full throttle till the planets dead. I love emissions i really love emissions You need an oil rig just to fuel a car this big. Invest in BHP if you drive an SUV, its gas guzzling! Go go go go go go go go go go go go.. Go gas guzzler you never leave the CBD. Gas guzzling go gas guzzling! Go gas guzzler your running over small kiddies. Gas guzzling go gas guzzling! We all consume, your toxic fume with gas guzzling! Go go go go go go go go go go go go.. We waged a war in Iraq just to guarantee the oil flow. Arab oil, i want that Arab oil! My car is Japanese but I won't go near Kyoto. And when i buy another i think ill trade up to a Hummer. Put the pedal to the floor, lets run over Al Gore gas guzzling! Go go go go... Go gas guzzler you're taking up all of the road. Gas guzzling go gas guzzling! Go gas guzzler you're carrying a wanker load. Gas guzzling go gas guzzling! The CO2, is thanks to you at Gas Guzzling Guzzling, Guzzling, Guzzling, Guzzling... Guzzling, Guzzling, Guzzling, Guzzling.... Guzzling! |
 | How to Hypermile. Subtitles for first section: What do you see here? A tanker, cars carrying people to and from work. A work truck, maybe. This is what keeps America rolling. With gas prices like these though, this is becoming an expensive problem. In time, alternative energy will come online. But what can we do in the meantime? Suck it up or try to cut our cost as far as possible? The answer is hypermiling... DWL section: to cross out of Ohio and get into Kentucky. As you can see there's a long hill ahead of us... 5% grade. How you deal with this is DWL, drive with load. You see truckers doing this. They lock in a certain engine load and climb the hill. Lose some speed while doing it, though. Hypermilers do it for fuel economy... The advantage of DWL over cruise control is that a human being can know when there's a hill ahead, and can compensate. A computer doesn't know this. When it hits a hill it suddenly has to go wide open to compensate, burning much, much more gas to maintain speed. Just scratching the surface but it's a good start. Find out more at www.CleanMPG.com |
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