| Subject: | Re: [OM] IMG: From the Past |
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| From: | Ken Norton <ken@xxxxxxxxxxx> |
| Date: | Thu, 15 Jul 2010 11:55:02 -0500 |
> Right you are Jim. I just returned from lunch and my flying partner pretty > much said the same thing. There has been a move afoot for years to get the > lead out of Avgas that has been strongly resisted by comercial aviation > because there are so many piston planes that cannot use it or would be > prohibitively expensive to convert. Back when my dad had a Cessna 172, we used, 80/87 in it, I think. I remember there was a conversion available to be able to run autogas in it. We never got around to it because one of the partners managed to shorten the plane by a few feet in a crash landing. AG -- _________________________________________________________________ Options: http://lists.thomasclausen.net/mailman/listinfo/olympus Archives: http://lists.thomasclausen.net/mailman/private/olympus/ Themed Olympus Photo Exhibition: http://www.tope.nl/ |
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