Essential for Plane 3
There was a day when 100 octane I gasoline, a near necessity in the operation of modern aircraft engines, was a laboratory curiosity costing £G a gallon. ! That wag only six years ago. To-day, however, according to a recent report by the American petroleum industry, production facilities have been ira- ■ proved to such an extent that the nation will be producing 550,000,000 gallons a year. Through an expenditure of £6,000,000 in new plants, said to have been necessitated by the defence programme, this capacity could be doubled in 12 or 14 months, the report declared.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 66, Issue 100, 29 April 1941, Page 9
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99Essential for Plane3 Manawatu Times, Volume 66, Issue 100, 29 April 1941, Page 9
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