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Microbiological Attack in Aircraft Fuel Systems

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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 July 2016

A. R. Lansdown
A. R. Lansdown*
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Department of Materials and Structures, Ministry of Aviation
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— A great deal of publicity has been given in recent years to the problems caused by microbiological attack on aviation fuels, although there had been considerable experience of the subject before the first serious problems arose in aviation. Intensive studies of the nature of the attack have shown that although limited use of biocides has been successful, the best control is by the elimination of stagnant water from the fuel supply system and the aircraft fuel system.

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The Aeronautical Journal , Volume 69 , Issue 659 , November 1965, pp. 763 - 767
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Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society 1965

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