Corrected entry: When Bond's mini-jet runs out of fuel, he coasts into a back-water gas station and tells the attendant to fill it up. However, jet engines do not run on gasoline. They burn jet fuel, which is essentially kerosene.
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30th Aug 2005
Octopussy (1983)
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Correction: You never actually see the attendant fill up the plane. The statement from Bond may be no more than one of his usual wisecracks - after all, he is relieved that he successfully completed his mission and escaped across the border. On the other hand, turbine engines can usually handle a much wider variety of fuels than piston engines - and not all run on kerosene, many require aircraft gasoline in the first place. Even without tinkering from the Q branch, the chances aren't bad that the engine would have run on either gasoline or diesel. (After Q has been left alone with it, who can tell what it would run on?).
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Added explanation: Many people seem to think that aircraft fuel is some sort of a magical mixture of stardust and newt eyes. Not so. Kerosene and aircraft gasoline are remarkably similar to diesel and regular gasoline respectively, only with much more predictable and stable properties. Any gasoline engine will purr along happily on aircraft gasoline. A diesel car would probably run fine on JP1, A modern, highly efficient TDI might have some trouble coping, as JP1 - also known as "kerosene" - is less viscous than diesel fuel.
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