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Show Frozen Gasoline Proposed To Curb Air Fire Hazards NEW YORK, JanlS-lv-Use -ef "frossn" gasoline to reduce fir haaarda in aircraft Is proposed by Asssn Jordanoff, 41-year-old Bulgarian war ace, who ones gave ground lesson In avlatloa to Thomas A. Kdisoa. Jordanoff-taid th fuel so cold-It cold-It took a blow torch 14 seconds to lgnlts.lt during a demonstration demonstra-tion ysstsrday at Roosevelt field also would eliminate explosion in th crash of transport planes. During war, h said. It would Rrevent ignition of fuel tank by icendiary bullet from hostile aircraft The gasoline, under th process developed by Jordanoff, I reduced to 160 degree below aero Fahrenheit Fahren-heit by an alcohol and dry ice cooling system. At that temperature tempera-ture It is nonlnflammable, but still liquid enough to flow out of ths tank into hsating apparatus which prspara it for motor consumption. |