[Vhfcn-l] TET

[Bruce E. Carlson]

Suspect that the Jet engines on the B-36 also used Avgas when they went “Six turning and Four burning.”  Have a friend who was a navigator on RB-36s.  Have to ask him one of these days.

Respects -- Bruce

From: Donald Jackson via Vhfcn-l
Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2020 12:23 PM
To: Bruce Carlson
Subject: Re: [Vhfcn-l] TET

A co-worker at Pantex told me that he had been in a Marine reconnissance squadron in Japan in the '50.  They flew Banshees that used 115/145 avgas in their jet engines to get to higher altitude for photo runs over mainland China.If I recall correctly, he said that the engines had tighter than normal internal tolerances.
Don Jackson

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From: Roger W. Ek via Vhfcn-l <vhfcn-l at lists.vhfcn.org>
To: Donald Jackson <Tiger129ts at aol.com>
Sent: Thu, Jan 30, 2020 4:03 am
Subject: Re: [Vhfcn-l] TET



> On Jan 29, 2020, at 6:49 PM, Darrell Elmore via Vhfcn-l <vhfcn-l at lists.vhfcn.org> wrote:
> 
>>  Guess I am not too old to learn. Never suspected the army had any of these aircraft.

The P2V had the only jet engines I ever saw that ran on avgas. It had the world record for distance without being refueled. New Zealand to Maine.


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