New Aircraft F uelling Tanker

21st September 1962, Page 9

21st September 1962

Page 9

Page 9, 21st September 1962 — New Aircraft F uelling Tanker

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BUM' to the order of Air B.P., the international aviation service of British Petroleum Co., Ltd.. the Anglesey aircraft refuelling vehicle has recently been added to the range of Saro (Anglesey), Ltd.

• Mounted on a Foden FG6/20 ,chassis • equipped with full power take-off. it has a single-compartment 3.500-gal. welded steel tank with Prodofilm lining.

All pumping, metering and associated equipment is housed in the compartment behind the cab, which is separated from it by a fireproof screen; on the operator's side the pump compartment has a hinged door; on the nearside is a roller. shutter

for major maintenance. An automatically .primed Coventry Climax pump serves two independent delivery systems and the vehicle is capable of fuelling at 500 g.p.m. at 50 p.s.i. or defuelling at 50 g.p.m.

Pneumatically controlled sloW-open; slow-close valves eliminate shock loading of aircraft fuel systems and a B.P. Aquasean unit continuously measures the undissolved water content in aviation fuels and immediately shuts down delivery if the acceptable limit is exceeded. All systems are worked from a control panel in the pump compartment.