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yborg
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The Entire History of Soviet Rocket Engines
One of the perks of being in a Tu-22 unit in the 1960s was having access to the large supply of 40% ethanol used for the cockpit air-conditioning system.
tibbydudeza
on Nov 29, 2021
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The Mig-25 Foxbat also used alcohol for cooling - those PVO (Soviet Air Defence) units stationed in the cold could keep themselves warm.
DocTomoe
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Oh, they didn't
drink
it (not the vast majority of it, at least). Alcohol was a de-facto currency.
p_l
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Many airplane radar systems used alcohol in evaporative cooling system, "dipping into stores" was apparently a common problem.
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