Help a dummy. What all is sign saying here?

[Fielder 3,674]

Refuel / Air station. Barstow California desert highway 395.

Can't have pilot inside, can't have prop turning.

I don't know about the top warning (doesn't look like the no smoking signs I've seen).

But you are encouraged to do 2 things down by the wheels, one is use a chock, not sure the other.

 

Edited December 9, 2021 by Fielder

[Fielder 3,674]

I can see the no smoking up on top...

 

[V1ROTA7E 718]

chocked and tied down maybe? I dunno, i'm at a loss too. just spray paint some graffiti on it...like "Prop Lyfe" or something

[Stearmandriver 2,296]

Ground the aircraft before fueling, is the other thing it's telling you to do. Aircraft must be chocked and grounded.

Can't tell what the top one is either. 

[Adamski_NZ 952]

Chocks - yes - but ground power OFF/disconnected.

No crew or passengers in the aircraft ... engines OFF ... but I can't see that top one clearly enough either. Maybe I'll give it a visit at a different tiime of day, when the lighting isn't so harsh. It does look to be a "no refuelling" thing - which doesn't sound logical. Aah ... post crossed .."grounded/earthed" sounds likely.

Edited December 9, 2021 by Adamski_NZ

[V1ROTA7E 718]

ahh. Engine off, chocked, grounded, no one in the plane, not during thunderstorms. 

i mean i think that blob is a rain cloud with lightning.

Edited December 9, 2021 by V1ROTA7E

[Fielder 3,674]

OK, tie grounded and chocked tires. Rain cloud/lightening refueling not wise. In the very top of the sign there is something that looks like a four wire transistor next to the cigarette. Not sure about that.

One time we were driving a pickup truck down 395 and you could see lightening striking the ground in 3 or 4 strikes at the same time for an hour. We were thankful for rubber tires being ungrounded.

[V1ROTA7E 718]

16 minutes ago, Fielder said:

We were thankful for rubber tires being ungrounded.

Isn't there a plane that has a wire that drags on the ground to keep it grounded? I forget which plane it is...

[SubtotalGuide 133]

Let's put on our pre-SU5 glasses...

https://forums.flightsimulator.com/t/su5-graphics-quality/446804/719

[Fielder 3,674]

[Paul_Yorks 97]

"No scenes from Raiders of the Lost Ark"?

[ConstVoid 110]

2 hours ago, Fielder said:

In the very top of the sign there is something that looks like a four wire transistor next to the cigarette. Not sure about that.

It's no smoking and no mobile phones / transmitting devices.

[DAD 2,650]

should have taken this one instead, no guessing required

[Rudiii 257]

50 minutes ago, Fielder said:

All seem very sensible suggestions. I had not considered that aircraft should be electrically grounded during the process, but I guess they do build up a good amount of static as they pass through the air.

Thanks for posting the very clear picture.

[MDFlier 2,031]

Hmmm... I thought it was saying "Don't smoke or listen to a transistor radio while your soon to be ex wife is flaming you because after the breakup (black bar with white breaks) you won't have enough rainy day money to put gas in your plane, start the engine, or hang out with your friends. Your plane will be sitting on the ramp grounded and chocked waiting for you to get a new life."