HEAVY OIL USED INSTEAD OF PETROL

Stratford Evening Post, Issue 30, 6 February 1929, Page 6

HEAVY OIL USED INSTEAD OF PETROL

FIRST TIME IM history of aviation AS IMPOETAST DEVELOPMENT (Received 12.25 p.m.) BERLIN, February 5.

For the first 1 time in the history of aviation a Junkers aeroplane, with a six hundred-horse power engine made a successful trial with heavy oil instead of pc-roi. In tits event of further experiments proving the reliability of heavy oil, engine experts predict 1 a revolution in the construction of acropvane m ‘ J tors. The consumption will be only half the quantity of petrol, and wear will be considerably reduced. Heavy oil i s less liable to catch fire and explode.—Australian Press Assn.