Heating the hanger

"George Patterson" wrote in message
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Tri-Pacer wrote:

I just bought 5 gallons of kerosene and the bill was over $50.00

Ten dollars a gallon for *kerosene*?

Find a different supplier.

George Patterson
Coffee is only a way of stealing time that should by rights belong to
your slightly older self.

Even Signature is cheaper.

Is't jp4 a mixture of jet a and avgas?

jet a is more like kerosene.

Anybody???

Paul kgyy wrote:
There used to be kerosene (JP4?) heaters that just required electricity
and generated huge amounts of heat. Don't know if those exist any
more, but check ebay.

The routine for most airports is to sump (drain) a pint or two of jet-a a
day out of the big tank or the fuel truck to look for water and crap. They
used to just dump it out like we dump the fuel out of the fuel sampler
(shhhh, don't tell EPA).

I put a red plastic gas can on the fuel truck and asked them to dump the
"contaminated" jet-a into the gas can every day. Doesn't take long for me
to get five gallons of kerosene that way, and it's free and the
environmentalists stay happy too. win, win, win.

Jim



"Tri-Pacer" wrote in message
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I just bought 5 gallons of kerosene and the bill was over $50.00

Ouch gonna be a cold winter

Paul
N1431A
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There used to be kerosene (JP4?) heaters that just required electricity
and generated huge amounts of heat. Don't know if those exist any

A heated hanger keeps your coat nice and warm in the winter; a heated
hangar keeps your plane nice and warm in the winter. :)

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The Visitor writes:

Is't jp4 a mixture of jet a and avgas?

jet a is more like kerosene.


Jet A is pure kerosene.

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I just bought 5 gallons of kerosene and the bill was over $50.00

That *has* to be a typo.

Just buy jet fuel from your FBO. We burn it in our torpedo heater (it's
designed for kerosene) at the hangar, and it works great.

Current cost is about $3 per gallon.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Tri-Pacer wrote:

I just bought 5 gallons of kerosene and the bill was over $50.00

Either you made a typo or you got taken badly. Kero is still under
$3/gallon here in PA.

Matt

No, what he didn't tell you is that he flew to Reno to get it {;-)

Jim



"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
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I just bought 5 gallons of kerosene and the bill was over $50.00

That *has* to be a typo.

Just buy jet fuel from your FBO. We burn it in our torpedo heater (it's
designed for kerosene) at the hangar, and it works great.

Current cost is about $3 per gallon.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

My computer made me do it That should have been 15 gallons

Still gonna be a cold winter.

Paul
N1431A



I just bought 5 gallons of kerosene and the bill was over $50.00

Ouch gonna be a cold winter

Paul
N1431A
"

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There used to be kerosene (JP4?) heaters that just required electricity
and generated huge amounts of heat. Don't know if those exist any

("Tri-Pacer" wrote)
My computer made me do it That should have been 15 gallons

Still gonna be a cold winter.

I just bought 5 gallons of kerosene and the bill was over $50.00


I have an option to buy 4 cans (20 gallons total) of kerosene ...and get
two, new in the box, heaters thrown in to boot. These are bigger units -
upright. Many BTU's.

They were a donation for our theater's fundraiser. They didn't sell at the
garage sale last spring, or this fall. Whole works is mine if I want it: 2
heaters + 20gals of kerosene = $50.

Might be a stocking stuffer ...for me.


Montblack