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Monday 5 May 2008

Gas anyone?....I wonder what it costs to fill up an F-18


1 comment:

Anonymous said...

According to the source below FA-18 carries 17569.2 lbs loaded to the gills. So 17569.2lbs/6.8 lbs/gal=2583.7 gal X $5.15/gal =$13306.08 or 6735.21 UK Pounds or thereabouts.

(Yes...I was a little bored!)

Sources
Fuel Cost(http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_much_money_does_jet_fuel_cost)
Fuel load
http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ac/f-18.htm
Fuel Weight
http://www.autoqna.com/aircraft/715-aircraft-5.html