Maybe it is because airplane have vented tanks and quick drains while cars have closed fuel systems. Most gas cans also have tight fitting caps.
Sid Wood Tri-gear KR-2 N6242 Mechanicsville, MD, USA -------------------------------------------------- Same logic that my homeowners insurance used when they could care less if my garage attached to my house and next to my bedroom had two cars and a riding mower with gas and all the gas cans I wanted, but they refused to insure my hanger separate from the house because it contained an airplane. Makes no difference that the cars can be 50 years old with rusting steel tanks and the plane is inspected regularly to FAA standards. <brian.kraut at eamanufacturing.com> -------------------------------------------------------------------- So, that begs the question, why is 200 gallons of fuel stored in the tanks of an airplane more save than 20 gallons of fuel stored in approved containers that are completely sealed? Daniel R. Heath - Lexington, SC ------------------------------------------------------------------- I rented my second one to a guy with a Cessna 210. He told me one day that he'd lost 19 gallons of 100LL out of the wing tank and onto the floor of the hangar about a week earlier. Apparently his petcock failed somehow and drained one wing tank. _______________________________________________
