by Ben Visser | Sep 19, 2025 | #Aircraft, 20250918, avgas, Aviation News, flying, General Aviation, Opinion, Pilots, unleaded avgas, Visser's Voice
As general aviation transitions to a lead-free future, some GA pilots are wondering about 115/145 avgas. Read...
by Ben Visser | Aug 17, 2025 | #Aircraft, 20250821, avgas, Aviation Fuel, Aviation News, flying, General Aviation, Opinion, Pilots, unleaded avgas, Visser's Voice
Oil refineries add 0.5 grams of Tetraethyllead (TEL) per gallon to 80/87 fuel. But why? Read...
by Ben Visser | Jun 21, 2025 | #Aircraft, 20250619, avgas, Aviation News, EPA, faa, flying, General Aviation, Opinion, Pilots, unleaded fuel, Visser's Voice
When there is a problem with the transition to unleaded avgas, maybe those affected will sue the EPA or the FAA. But more realistically they will sue everyone from the airplane manufacturers to the fuel distributor, letting the courts sort it out to determine the...
by General Aviation News Staff | May 4, 2025 | #Aircraft, 20250522, avgas, Aviation News, faa, flying, General Aviation, News, Pilots, unleaded avgas
Ensuring the availability of 100LL at general aviation airports is in the process of being added to the grant assurances required by the FAA’s Airport Improvement Program (AIP). Read...
by Ben Visser | Apr 22, 2025 | #Aircraft, 20250424, avgas, Aviation News, flying, General Aviation, Opinion, Pilots, unleaded avgas
Today’s search for an unleaded avgas is so different from similar searches in the past, which was a very large cooperative effort to find an answer — and they were looking for one fuel that could be produced by any oil company. Read...
by Marc Cook | Jul 5, 2024 | Affordable Aviation, avgas, Splog
The ongoing issue of finding a replacement for leaded avgas took an ugly turn recently after Cirrus advised owners that use of anything other than an “approved” fuel would likely invalidate the engine warranty. “Per Continental and Lycoming, only approved fuels may be...
