Monday, 3 November 1997 Jim Sanders wrote to All
 JS> Their 300 hp 8 cylinder radial weighing 271 pounds should find
 JS> a ready market. I have requested information which I will pass on.
 JS> I posted specifications some time back.
 If, as I suspect, it will run on Avtur, it will be extremely popular
 in the UK.   The duty on Avgas here is about 40 cents a litre ($1.50
 a gallon) whereas Avtur is about 3 cents a litre (10 cents a gallon).
 Not that it's anything to do with the major airlines refusing to pay
 those high tax rates on Avtur, whereas the ordinary folks who fly
 piston engines don't have the clout.
 The government's excuse, last time the subject got raised by someone
 high enough up the scale, was that a lower rate on Avgas would mean
 folks putting it into their cars.  So Avgas got hit with the car fuel
 tax rate.   But of course, farmers get their diesel fuel for their
 tractors duty free and are told not to put it into their cars . . .
 So if that Zoche is 40,000 for a 300 HP, maybe they'll do a 200HP
 soon, at $30,000.   Would suit us Arrow fliers a treat!
 Greetings from Keith Jillings
.!. My other computer is even slower.
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