On Fri, Jul 24, 2020 at 11:28 AM Craig via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
wrote:

> Yes, Jet A will not do when one needs Av gas. Sort of like filling up a
> gasoline car with diesel -- it doesn't run very well.
>

Jet A is essentially kerosene.  In a pinch, it'll run in lower compression
gas engines, albeit smokily and with low power.  In high compression
aircraft engines requiring 115 octane fuel, fuggeddaboudit.

-MMM-
(who's had his Airframe and Powerplant cert for, jeeze, 37 years now?)
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