Indeed I have but thanks for the suggestion.

Nothing wrong with tankers of course – just that they’re slightly over-photographed when compared to the bombers!

Well they were tankers longer than they were bombers.

An ex II (ac) kite.

What, this one?

Mark

Taken at Swinderby I assume.
@Creakingdoor: Mercury spillage caused by a heavy landing so I assume from the a/c self.

FSII you’ll find mainly in military Avtur it’s not used much in civil stuff.
Commercial diesel and Avtur are still a fair way apart on the SG table which tells us a few things about them.
Diesel waxes sooner than Avtur but you can go further on a gallon.

And Paul is spot on – just research TWA Flight 800 and you’ll see how different JetA1 reacts when it’s in an enclosed environment.

lancastermkx JetA1 is Diesel with additives, nothing more, nothing less.

I wouldn’t put it quite like that.
JetA1 or whatever it is today is slightly lighter than commercial diesel.

A comparison of weights (SG)
Avtur (turbine kerosine) 0.78
Avtag (turbine gasoline) 0.76
Avcat (carrier kerosine) 0.80
Diesel (commercial) 0.82
Gasoil 0.84
These are of course average weights, it does vary slightly per batch.

A photo of the offending part. Looks like turbine to me

Nicely done Blue 2.
I seem to remember the Artouste stand looking a little different in the good ‘ole days 😀

I do believe that a number of Lightnings were fitted with OWT to simulate the radar signature of the Backfire, also the last flying Lightnings on the Tornado trials were similarly configured.