BS 2C 13:1988

This standard BS 2C 13:1988 Specification for sizes of aircraft gravity filling orifices and associated replenishment nozzles (metric series) is classified in these ICS categories:

• 49.100 Ground service and maintenance equipment

This British Standard specifies the minimum and/or maximum internal diameters of orifices for the gravity filling of aircraft with fuel, lubricants and other liquids. It also specifies the outside diameters of associated replenishment nozzles, and in particular of those nozzles used for the gravity replenishment of aircraft with aviation gasoline (AVGAS) and turbine fuel.

NOTE 1 The titles of the publications referred to in this standard are listed on the inside back cover.

NOTE 2 The latest revision of an Aerospace Series standard is indicated by a prefix number.

Aims to minimise the dangerous possibility of refuelling gasoline powered aircraft with turbine fuel.