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Old 05-02-2013, 05:13 PM
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Old 05-05-2013, 06:18 AM
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An old Lockheed p-2 Neptune
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Old 05-05-2013, 07:25 AM
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Looks like the turbines are running too! Neat.
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Would you log the takeoff as 0.1 turbine?
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Old 05-05-2013, 02:27 PM
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Yes. It's a turbojet powered aircraft. It just happens that the jets are only used for takeoff and for the drop. It also happens that lighting off the jets triples fuel consumption, as each burns what both the R3350's burn together.

The jets burn avgas.
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Nice Pic! Another interesting and similar piece of history is the Navy's AJ-1. It also had composite powerplants, though used a single jet burning Avgas. They also had the A bomb in common...
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Old 05-08-2013, 11:57 AM
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Originally Posted by JohnBurke View Post
Yes. It's a turbojet powered aircraft. It just happens that the jets are only used for takeoff and for the drop. It also happens that lighting off the jets triples fuel consumption, as each burns what both the R3350's burn together.

The jets burn avgas.
I was being facetious. Good info on the fuel burn though. I learn something new every day.
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