Message posted by TheSkunkWorks on August 07, 2009 at 14:09:59 PST:
JP-7 was also used as the fuel for the SR-71. This fuel was needed because as the aircraft became extremely hot from flying at such high supersonic speeds, the fuel would not be ignited by the extreme heat. I read Ben Rich's book Skunkworks and he said that if someone dropped a lit match in the fuel, it would not ignite it.
In Reply to: JP-7 posted by RG on August 07, 2009 at 13:54:43 PST:
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