AVGAS 80 & MOGAS

Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
IIRC the 115/145 was purple, the 90/98 was blue and the 70ish octane stuff
was brownish yellow, but never having seen it I only knew that from
whatever books or lists still carried that info.

Hey, you left out 100/130 green gas. I actually found an FBO in Montana
selling this stuff a few years ago. They said they carried it mostly for
supplying old, turbocharged radials on the firebombers in the summertime.

Whenever I'd tell the desk to top me off with avgas, they'd ask, "Blue or
green?".

John Galban=====N4BQ (PA28-180)

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Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
IIRC the 115/145 was purple, the 90/98 was blue and the 70ish octane
stuff was brownish yellow, but never having seen it I only knew that
from whatever books or lists still carried that info.

Hey, you left out 100/130 green gas. I actually found an FBO in
Montana
selling this stuff a few years ago. They said they carried it mostly
for supplying old, turbocharged radials on the firebombers in the
summertime.

Whenever I'd tell the desk to top me off with avgas, they'd ask,
"Blue or
green?".


Yeah, that's right. The blue 100LL didn;t come around until the late 70s.
The early atches had some serious problems with hygroscopy and I nearly met
my end from this as did a friend of mine.
Also it smells like hell.



Bertie