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Offline JackConrad

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Re: Fuel Mileage
« Reply #15 on: December 18, 2007, 02:31:04 PM »
    About 20 years ago, a friend had a Corsair F4U  (the plane from the TV show "Baa Baa Black Sheep). Full throttle at sea level was 120 gal per hour!  I told him I could MAYBE afford to taxi to the end of the runway, do my run-up and taxi back to the hangar. LOL  Jack
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Offline TomC

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Re: Fuel Mileage
« Reply #16 on: December 18, 2007, 10:47:04 PM »
Years ago (1997) I was on the Universe Explorer on a 2 week Alaska cruise.  The ship was a steam turbine.  Asked the engineer what the difference would be if it were a Diesel and he said round figures the Diesel would burn half the fuel.  Then is when it dawned on me why steam isn't used anymore.  Good Luck, TomC
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Re: Fuel Mileage
« Reply #17 on: December 19, 2007, 10:48:57 AM »
 Imagine the Milinum Falcon,old as it is,probably bad on emissions too.
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