Hi Chris,
Can't speak for your side of the pond, but over here, 100LL still contains a
small amount of lead, hence the push to get rid of it.
Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
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From: "Chris Barker" <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, July 15, 2010 11:54 AM
Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: From the Past
> Avgas is just petrol, surely. Ours is "100LL", meaning (I think) that
> it's 100octane with a lead substitute.
>
> Chris
>
> On 15 Jul 2010, at 15:47, Ken Norton wrote:
>
>>> Very nice portrait Jim of a great old plane. I would imagine parts
>>> would
>>> be very difficult to find and expensive. Fuel unavailable? I doubt it.
>>> Avgas
>>> is expensive but widely available and will likely become more available
>>> as
>>> automobiles start moving away from gasoline to electricity.
>>
>> That's not my understanding. I thought that avgas was essentially a
>> percentage draw off of the refining process. Same with kerosene and
>> deisel. The more autogas produced, the more of the others are produced
>> as a "byproduct".
>>
>> But I could be wrong...
>
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