[Ancesthntr]

Here’s more information on the high-octane fuel:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1180896/RAF-fighter-planes-used-super-fast-fuel-U-S-win-Battle-Britain.html

http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1996-04-13/news/9604130091_1_high-octane-aircraft-fuel-airplane-engines

http://www.mindfully.org/Technology/2004/Eugene-Houdry-Octane1oct04.htm (Long, but interesting).

[yarddog]

Interesting.