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10-30-2011, 02:56 PM
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10-31-2011, 04:14 AM
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"If all engines function normally at full power during the pre-takeoff warm-up, the lead flight engineer will sometimes say to the Aircraft Commander (AC), 'six turning and four burning.'" Erratic reliability led to the wisecrack, 'two turning, two burning, two joking, and two smoking, with two engines not accounted for.'"
—Michael Daciek quoting Capt. Banda
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—Michael Daciek quoting Capt. Banda
Convair B-36 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
10-31-2011, 05:32 AM
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One of my friends, who was a B-36 pilot, answered one of my long time questions about having fuel tanks for aviation gas and JP-4 and he said they just ran aviation gas (115/145 octane) through the jet engines.
10-31-2011, 07:29 AM
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Originally Posted by Dougdrvr
One of my friends, who was a B-36 pilot, answered one of my long time questions about having fuel tanks for aviation gas and JP-4 and he said they just ran aviation gas (115/145 octane) through the jet engines.
11-01-2011, 06:41 AM
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Originally Posted by UAL T38 Phlyer
Some models of the KC-97 had the jets; some C-119s and C-123s, too. All used avgas. There may have been an oil-mixing feature to go to the jets. The T-38 manual says we can use avgas as long as some oil is added. Without it, the fuel pump would probably tear itself apart----gas is not as slippery a lubricant as jet fuel.
Another staggering stat on the B-36 was the oil tank capacity per engine for the six 4360's. IIRC, it was at least 150 gal per engine.
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