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Old 07-08-2013, 08:17 PM   #12 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by jamesqf View Post
Some of the older warbirds take up to 115/145 octane.
Yep, the R3350's on our Lockheed EC-121's used purple 115/145 AVGAS and left beautiful creamy-white exhaust deposits (lead-oxide) from each turbo-compound exhaust stack.
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