U.S. develops new super-gasoline for war planes, seen here at a $6 million petroleum refining plant on the East Coast. – Vintage Photograph

U.S. develops new super-gasoline for war planes, seen here at a $6 million petroleum refining plant on the East Coast. The fluid catalytic cracking process produces 100-octane aviation gasoline, allowing Allied planes to fly faster and carry heavier bomb loads.U.S. develops new super-gasoline for war planes, seen here at a $6 million petroleum refining plant on the East Coast. The fluid catalytic cracking process produces 100-octane aviation gasoline, allowing Allied planes to fly faster and carry heavier bomb loads.

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9 / olja. NOT FOR USE 62 nar 816LAVIZ, YOU FACE NOIL U.S. DEVELOFS NEW SUPER-GASOLINE FOR WAR ILANES The giant hoppers shown in the foreground of this picture hold the catalyst used to control the cracking in a new $6,000,000 petroleum refining plant on the U.S. East Coast, one of 33 alrcedy built or under construction. The molecules of the crude oil are separated by the fluid catalytic cracking process and then rearranged to produce 100-octane aviation gasoline. This gasolino, the result of years of research in the petroleum industry, enables Allied plancs not only to fly at greater speeds but carry heavier bomb loads for greator distances. peacetime, the same gasoline will allow an average auto- mobile to travel 40 miles per gallon. 6823-F (See accompanying photos) In ATTROVED BY APPROPRIATE U.S. AUTHORITY