KR> Military fuels and KR Update

2008-10-12 Thread D F Lively
Bob: I knew that was the case but just cout not remembe what it was called. I picked up from a news item in the early part of the war when an embed reporter interviewed a "Apache" pilot that he landed at the fuel point to fuel up. Now we know it is called JP-8 Don

KR> Military fuels and KR Update

2008-10-12 Thread Robert Schmitt
Sorry guys, need to correct this. The army does run essentially one fuel - JP8. It is a diesel fuel with a certain higher testing standard for aircraft. It can not be used in spark ignition engines. The army runs primarily JP8 in all equipment. The army has very few engines which use mogas, only s