King Air crashes into building at Wichita

3393RP said:
It's not aviation related, but in 1968 two of the Lotus turbines entered in the Indy 500 ran away with the race until ten laps from the end. Then they both had fuel pump failures.

The turbines were fueled with gasoline, and it was later determined the lack of lubricity in the fuel caused the failure.
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Yup.... And Andy Granatelli was one pi$$ed off guy too....:mad:
 
If I remember right JP-4, F-40 or Jet B was about 35% or so Avgas, which made it more volatile...as stated lubrication with Avgas is much lower...but not fatal.
 
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In the 60's and 70's Jet fuel was not available at some small airports. You could always tell when someone used it because the exhaust stacks would turn gray.
 
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