Re: 1942 – 4366 Evinrude Sportsman – Copper Fuel Tank!?

[Leon]

quote Jeff Register:

46,
Is that why it burned so hot & fast? The public thought it was the cocaine he was smoking ! That was an old C-47 correct? I’m way off a copper gas tank, I’m done.

Yes, the public thought he was doing cocaine, but further research found that a faulty heater was the cause. There was at least one pilot who survived and gave his testamony. The plane actually made it to the ground before it was consumed by fire.
Yes that was a "gooney bird" that built toward the end of the war, during the aluminum shortage. The aluminum made ones didn’t die that easily. 😀

http://articles.latimes.com/1987-05-29/ … ick-nelson