It's not Dolittle, or bombers that I know of, but I do know that Charles A. Lindbergh, taught P-38 pilots how to get the best of the long range capabilities of the P-38's in the pacific during the war.
I find it interesting, and to the best of my knowledge, fuel economy is a concern of the list. Greg H. ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <Biofuel@sustainablelists.org> Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2005 14:05 Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Debatable statement? > Joe Street wrote: > SNIP > Someone - James Dolittle? made this famous during world war II. They > had adjustable propellers on long range bombers, and they didn't have > enough range to bomb some pacific islands. Jamie? Jimmy? showed them > they could change the propeller settings and "lug the engines down". > Lowering the RPM on the engines (and increasing the BMEP of the engine) > increased efficiency enough they could reach the island they wanted to > bomb. Apologies to all for mangling the story - I forget the islands > name but took the fuel efficiency lesson away. > > Hope someone finds it interesting; we've wandered a long ways away from > biodiesel. I'll take it offline if anyone wants to talk more about it. > > --- David > > _______________________________________________ > Biofuel mailing list > Biofuel@sustainablelists.org > http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): > http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ > > -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
