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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Robert Schmitt wrote: > 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 small generators and leased/owned-civilian vehicles. We still > need to have some Mogas for these. > > > > My KR2-S is in final stages of sanding and finishing. Going well. I should > have it at the airport for DAR inspection end of June or early July. > > > > Rob Schmitt (National Guard Colonel, logistics) > > Kansas City, Mo > > www.Robert7721.com > > > > > > Message: 11 > > Date: Sat, 27 May 2006 06:53:46 -0500 > > From: D F Lively <riksh...@interl.net> > > Subject: Re: KR> Ethanol > > To: KRnet <kr...@mylist.net> > > Message-ID: <44783dca.35352...@interl.net> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > > > > Netters: > > > > Gleaned from new accounts it has came to my attention that the military uses > a > > grade of diesel fuel that fuels everything from HumVees to aircraft. Of > course > > they do it for logistical reasons. This fact came to my attention in a news > > report where in the background I observed a "Chopper" land near a fuel > tanker > > and the driver finished fueling a "Hum Vee" and then went over and proceeded > to > > fuel the chopper from the same hose. > > > > Don > > > > _______________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html
