[OldGoatCPO]

I have pieces melted aluminum that looks like mercury from a fighter that crashed back in the 80’s. Fire from the crash melted an aluminum heat shield around the engine. It crashed in the desert the fire was fuel by JP-5 and did not burn long. The amount of heat must have been unbelievable.

[piytar]

Wow.

JP-5 burns at about 1,500 degrees F. That's HOT. Again, more than lava out of a volcano (max about 1,200 degrees F). Aluminum melts at about 1,200 to 1,300 degrees F (sorry if off a little, doing this from memory).

2,500 to 3,000 degrees Fahrenheit or more is a whole different thing. We are talking Dresden fire storm level.