“FROZEN” PETROL
XOX-iXFLAAI yIA BL E LIQUID NEW YORK, Jan. 1(3.— I “Frozen'’ aeroplane gasoline that will not ignite under a blow-torch was demonstrated at Roosevelt Field yesterday «s a solution to one of flying's greatest lire hazards. The inventor is Assen Jordanoli. -J2, jjotcicl aeronautical engineer and Bulgarian Great War flying ace. The gasoline, while not frozen solid, is reduced to about lot) degrees below zero Fahrenheit, wliere it does not give off enough vapour to catch lire. It is still liquid enough, however, to flow out of the tank into heating apparatus which prepares it for motor consumption.
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Opotiki News, Volume II, Issue 214, 31 July 1939, Page 4
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100“FROZEN” PETROL Opotiki News, Volume II, Issue 214, 31 July 1939, Page 4
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