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"Ron Wanttaja" wrote ...
BTW, I happened to read further on that book by the ex-Navy C-130 pilot: The gasoline shipped to the Antarctic for the snow machines *does* have anti-freezing additives. However, since Johanson may have built his fuel system to handle alcohol, since he was planning on buying fuel all around the world. Ron, As base commander, do you sell him snowmobile gas for the return trip? He wants it and the plane may (or may not) be legal to use it under certain circumstances , but don't you have to accept legal liability for selling him non-aviation fuel? Particularly on a trip that's entirely over water in very cold conditions. If Johanson didn't make it home wouldn't there be entire legions of lawyers waiting to sue the US Government for supplying him the wrong type of fuel? Or would it be better to say "There's a supply ship here in a month. Ship the plane home that way." How much research has been done in using autogas in airplanes in antartic conditions? Rich |
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