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"Roger (K8RI)" wrote:



I was talking with a P-40 pilot up at GDW a while back and he said
they typically fly at economy cruise to cut the fuel consumption "way
back" to only 80 gallons per hour (give or take a tad) :-))

Roger (K8RI)

That seems to be a bit high. A quick look found this link:
http://www.raafwarbirds.org.au/targe.../avia/AVIA_734
_Report_783__Part_09.pdf

If I'm reading it right it shows 30MP/2300 RPM and a fuel burn rate of
only 58.5 GPH.