MSGID: 1:153/7715.0 f0cb2b92   
   REPLY: 2:221/6.0 5f0c25f6   
   CHRS: IBMPC 2   
   Hi Anton -- on Jul 13 2020 at 12:14, you wrote:   
      
   AS> Observe that Dallas had an "of" before the second   
   AS> object -- to drain somebody of something.  Does a plane   
   AS> really "drain" excessive fuel before landing? Maybe they   
   AS> dump it?   
      
   Speaking as an ex-aircraft worker, we would drain fuel (or water) from   
   an aircraft sitting (or standing!) on the ramp. The aircraft would dump   
   fuel in preparation for an emergency landing. The distinction, I think,   
   is that drain implies a destination (a fuel truck ("bowser" in England!)   
   or a bucket, as opposed to dumping where we have no idea where the fuel   
   will land!   
      
      
   Cheers... Dallas   
      
   --- timEd/NT 1.30+   
    * Origin: The BandMaster, Vancouver, CANADA (1:153/7715)   
   SEEN-BY: 1/120 123 18/0 90/1 116/116 120/340 601 123/0 25 50 131 150   
   SEEN-BY: 123/170 755 135/300 138/146 153/250 757 7715 154/10 30 40   
   SEEN-BY: 154/50 700 203/0 221/0 1 6 360 226/30 227/114 702 229/101   
   SEEN-BY: 229/275 424 426 664 1014 240/1120 1634 1895 2100 5138 5832   
   SEEN-BY: 240/5853 8001 8002 8005 249/206 317 261/38 280/5003 5006   
   SEEN-BY: 313/41 317/3 320/219 322/757 335/364 342/200 382/147 423/81   
   SEEN-BY: 640/1384 2454/119 3634/0 12 15 27 50 4500/1 5020/1042   
   PATH: 153/7715 3634/12 154/10 221/6 1 280/5003 240/1120 5832 229/426