[Vhfcn-l] TET

[Arnold B Christensen]

Pratt & Whitney R-4360 Wasp Majors.  Jets were 
added very late in the program. B-36D's.

At 12:30 PM 1/30/2020, you wrote:
>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
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>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
>
>-----Original Message-----
>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
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> > On Jan 29, 2020, at 6:49 PM, Darrell Elmore 
> via Vhfcn-l <vhfcn-l at lists.vhfcn.org> wrote:
> >
> >>Â  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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