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Old 03-09-2012, 04:16 PM
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Originally Posted by TomcatViP View Post

You'd need to really read it actually
I have read the article, maybe I’m being especially thick (and that may very well be the case ), I cannot see the statement that 87 octane fuel was the fuel normally used by the Spitfire or Hurricane during combat in the Battle of Britain.

There is a quote in that paper, which you used before, that states that "the petrol normally used at that time was 87 Octane" however the time it is referring to is 1937.