TangoWhiskey
Touchdown! Greaser!
http://www.avweb.com/news/aopa/AOPAExpo2007_Cessna_172SSkyhawk_DieselEngine_196294-1.html
I fear there will be a lot of refueling accidents (100LL put in instead of Jet-A) unless they do something mechanical to make 100LL nozzles not fit the filler neck of Jet-A... too many line guys just "know" a 172 takes 100LL.
If I owned one of these, nobody would be fueling my plane without me standing there watching... that said, I think this diesel movement is good, given the state of 100LL production and its dependence on an ingredient that is only available from one factory in the UK.
I fear there will be a lot of refueling accidents (100LL put in instead of Jet-A) unless they do something mechanical to make 100LL nozzles not fit the filler neck of Jet-A... too many line guys just "know" a 172 takes 100LL.
If I owned one of these, nobody would be fueling my plane without me standing there watching... that said, I think this diesel movement is good, given the state of 100LL production and its dependence on an ingredient that is only available from one factory in the UK.