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https://www.captainsim.org/forum/csf.pl?num=1336594284 Message started by Barb. on May 9th, 2012 at 8:11pm |
Title: Re: 707 and fuel distribution Post by LOU on May 11th, 2012 at 6:30pm
Fuel density for a given fuel is temperature related.
Hot fuel is less dense. This was always a problem with long range flying out of hot places. Flying out of Cairo or Tel Aviv in the summer at hot temps - always - would limit the number of gallons of fuel you could put in the tanks. Fueling from underground storage helped a lot to get more fuel on the plane since the fuel was cooler. Airlines use only Jet-A or A-1 which on a standard day (15 degrees C ) yields around 6.7 pounds/gal. The difference in Jet-A or A-1 is the amount of antifreeze in the mix. Never saw other fuels like Jet-B at the airports we flew into. Lou |
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