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Old 2nd Sep 2019, 21:15
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Bravo73
 
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Originally Posted by nigelh
Bravo ... I would tend to believe the tanker driver who picks the stuff up more than a domestic boiler man !!
I wouldn’t.

He also told me a story which came from his boss, who used to service the boilers in the US accommodation at Lakenheath. A lot of the US airmen thought that it would be a good idea to run their boilers on ‘free’ Jet A1.

Every so often, another boiler would go ‘boom’. On a regular basis.

So, no. Heating oil is NOT the same as Jet A1. (Insert ‘facepalm’ emoji).

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