A fuel supply system for a gas turbine engine including first and second
positive displacement pumps operated simultaneously to supply fuel under
pressure from a low pressure source, a combining spill valve controlling
the output flows from the first and second pumps to combine the outputs
of the first and second pumps for supply to a metering valve of the
system, or to spill some or all of the output of one or both pumps back
to the low pressure supply, a pressure raising and shut off valve
arrangement downstream of the metering valve for isolating the fuel
system from an associated engine until the fuel pressure upstream of the
pressure raising and shut off valve arrangement exceeds a predetermined
pressure, and, a control system dependent upon the position of the
combining spill valve for reducing said predetermined pressure at which
said pressure raising and shut off valve arrangement opens.