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vinay_ys
801 days ago
No, it was routed directly to the jet engine's bleed-air system. Interestingly, jet engine was said to be a tad bit more efficient because of it.
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486sx33
801 days ago
Someone else said the fireplace was electric. But had it been wood and routed into the engine intake it could in fact have added efficiency… feel free to fall down the wood gas rabbit hole
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wood_gas
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sebastiennight
801 days ago
This page does say that "coke" is preferred to wood gas for propulsion, which brings us back full circle to Led Zeppelin
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iancmceachern
801 days ago
Wood gasification jet engine!
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