Yes, Avgas is "just petrol" but with a bit of lead. It is also highly
purified with no water content, and the old airplane guys are going to be
facing problems.
Bill Pearce
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From: "Jim Nichols" <jhnichols@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, July 15, 2010 12:00 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: From the Past
> 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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