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Old 09-27-2011, 12:59 PM
lane lane is offline
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Good stuff PPP, thanks for sharing!

Especially this bit:

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Me: And what about 100 octane fuel? When was that introduced?

JM: Oh, quite early on.

Me: In the Battle of Britain?

JM: No, before the Battle of Britain. [Interesting, so it should be available in game.] It was dyed green. After we finished refuelling the Spitfires, we’d empty what was left in the fuel truck’s hose into our motor bikes! [Brilliant!!] My motor bike’s petrol tank was stained all green on the outside! [Who? Me Sir? No, no, I didn’t pinch the fuel Sir!!] Wasn’t good for the bikes though. Engines weren’t designed for 100 octane and we kept asking the fitters to fix them!
Which allowed for this:



Last edited by lane; 09-27-2011 at 01:12 PM.
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