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2. Aircraft fuel system - Wikipedia

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   An aircraft fuel system allows the crew to pump, manage, and deliver aviation fuel to the propulsion system and auxiliary power unit (APU) of an aircraft. Fuel systems differ greatly due to different performance of the aircraft in which they are installed. A single-engine piston aircraft has a simple fuel system; a tanker (such as the KC-135 ...

3. Aviation fuel - Wikipedia

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   Fuels such as sustainable aviation fuel have the advantage that few or no modifications are necessary on the aircraft itself, provided that the fuel characteristics meet specifications for lubricity and density as well as adequately swelling elastomer seals in current aircraft fuel systems. [6] Sustainable aviation fuel and blends of fossil and ...

4. Air BP - Wikipedia

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   Air BP is one of the world's largest suppliers of both aviation fuels, including AVGAS and kerosene jet fuels, and lubricants for both turbine and piston-engined aircraft. Air BP currently supplies around 8 billion US gallons (30,000,000 m 3 ) annually of both aviation fuels and lubricants to their worldwide customers.

5. Chicago Executive Airport - Wikipedia

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   For the year ending March 31, 2022 the airport had an average of 296 aircraft movements per day, or 108,203 per year: 80% general aviation, 20% air taxi and less than 1% military and commercial. For the same time frame, there were 259 aircraft based at this airport: 149 single-engine airplanes , 81 jet aircraft , 20 multi-engine airplanes, and ...

6. Chicago Department of Fleet and Facility Management

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   The year 2000 brought the addition of the Chicago Fire Department fleet of 140 fire engines, 105 ambulances, and 87 aerial units under Fleet Management's supervision. In 2004, the City's fleet centralization process was accelerated when the Chicago Department of Water Management and Chicago Police Department were added as DFM customer departments.

7. Jet fuel - Wikipedia

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   Jet fuel or aviation turbine fuel (ATF, also abbreviated avtur) is a type of aviation fuel designed for use in aircraft powered by gas-turbine engines. It is colorless to straw-colored in appearance. The most commonly used fuels for commercial aviation are Jet A and Jet A-1, which are produced to a standardized international specification.