> Uncontrolled electric fuel pumps, as used in many English cars
>      during the
>      70's, were a real danger. After losing a friend in a car
> fire, exacerbated by
>      the electric pump feeding the fire, I developed an impact
> switch to     cut off     the pump in the event of a high G
> impact. The introduction of engine     computer     controlled
> pumps solved the problem. Of course mechanical fuel pumps     do
> not     have this problem. Backup electric pumps in aircraft are a
> worry     when the     cowl hits the ground. Experience. There is
> a lot to do on the way down.
>
>      Colin Smith

SNIP

Were there many of those  * glass  * domes on engine - mounted
mechanical pumps on your side of the pond - before EFI took off ?
I presume that was one for the ambulance chasers.

Fly & Build good - Bryan


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