Aviation Fuel Problems: A Review of the Major Problems Arising from the Use of Aviation Fuels at High Altitudes and High Aircraft Speeds and Some Practicable Solutions

Flight, even under the most routine conditions, sets high standards of quality for all materials employed. Specifications for aviation fuels have never been obtainable without careful compromise between conflicting requirements, and present developments towards flight at higher altitudes and higher speeds accentuate existing problems and reveal new ones. This article attempts to review the known major problems arising with aviation fuels under these conditions of severity, and to indicate a number of practicable solutions.