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Originally Posted by Primoz
I think Graham wrote all that had to be said ... but let me add a few thoughts:...
- Jet fighters were better than piston-engined ones not because of their superior speed but becuase they could use low quality fuel
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Jet fuel is by no means a low quality fuel:
There are two compositions:
100% Flugdiesel - a high graded diesel for flight engines
or
J2, a composition of Diesel and B4-fuel
These fuels were
not lowgraded, but at the time needed
scarce, means supplies were low or even not available.