Both piston and jet engined military planes have carried water and alcohol
for injection at take off.

Lynn E. Hanover

Lynn, It;s true that both piston and jet military aircraft have caried water. The water or alcohol
were used for in-cylinder (or combustion chamber) detonation control rather than cooling. They
really didn't care about economy or long-term reliability. The typical piston fighter was only
needed to last for a couple weeks of flying time. We hopefully want the exact opposite of that!
Bill Jepson

 
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