Jet a1 vs kerosene 28sec
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Post #40 is germane to this discussion. A very, very long time ago when I was working in E Africa with a J/R on survey work, my pilot and I were nearly caught out with a low fuel light, head wind, night rapidly descending and all that stuff. We made base - just. 
On the back of this experience and a visit to (then) DDA in Indianapolis, I found out a lot of detail on 'Illuminating kerosene' as sold locally to the rural people without access to electricity. The alternative fuel as FP has shown was confirmed by the OEM as exactly the same spec, just that the Quality control was not so tight; they even offered a very attractive package to the Company for a commercial trial.
The CAA were happy with this but the fly in the ointment was Insurers, they would NOT buy the idea, despite my introduction of a mandatory procedure about only sealed containers, funnel with chamois, visual inspection and records etc. Lots of sympathetic noises but I was cross at the lack of pragmatism.
(Needless to say, when push came to shove in the back-woods of Ethiopia, no surprises where our 'reserve fuel' came from!!)
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On the back of this experience and a visit to (then) DDA in Indianapolis, I found out a lot of detail on 'Illuminating kerosene' as sold locally to the rural people without access to electricity. The alternative fuel as FP has shown was confirmed by the OEM as exactly the same spec, just that the Quality control was not so tight; they even offered a very attractive package to the Company for a commercial trial. The CAA were happy with this but the fly in the ointment was Insurers, they would NOT buy the idea, despite my introduction of a mandatory procedure about only sealed containers, funnel with chamois, visual inspection and records etc. Lots of sympathetic noises but I was cross at the lack of pragmatism.
(Needless to say, when push came to shove in the back-woods of Ethiopia, no surprises where our 'reserve fuel' came from!!)VFR
