It is obvious the people who wrote the recent commentary demanding the replacement of 100LL avgas have not read the patent on the FAA-approved drop-in replacements. Swift Fuels has a technical and ...
Washington state House Bill 1554 proposes a phased ban on leaded aviation gasoline (avgas), starting in 2026 and culminating in a statewide ban by 2030. The bill has drawn opposition from aviation ...
The Beechcraft Bonanza G36 has a 300-hp Continental IO-550-B piston engine that runs on 100LL avgas. Credit: Textron Aviation A year and a half after the debut of the Eliminate Aviation Gasoline Lead ...
The aviation industry is under pressure to replace leaded avgas (100LL) by 2030 due to environmental concerns, with the EPA expected to issue a final ruling by the end of 2023. Four potential unleaded ...
Several aviation lobby groups say they support introduction of lead-free aviation fuel – avgas – but are warning against moving too quickly to replace the leaded gas now widely used in the USA’s ...
SAN CARLOS, Calif., July 30, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Swift Fuels, LLC, a global leader in the development of high-performance unleaded aviation gasoline, today announced that Rabbit Aviation Services ...
An editorial earlier this summer (“Don’t let children near Colorado’s airports suffer the same fate as kids in Flint, Mich.” July 11, 2023) focused on an important issue, but grossly oversimplified ...
The 6th Contracting Squadron, MacDill AFB, Florida, requires the following: DESCRIPTION OF REQUIREMENT: CLIN DESCRIPTION QUANTITY PRICE CLIN 0001 Fuel for Civilian Aircraft (AVGAS 100LL) 5700 gal.
In January 2022, Santa Clara County banned the sale of leaded air fuels at its local airports after the results of a peer-reviewed study showed an alarming amount of the brain-damaging metal in blood ...
The AOPA challenged the phase-out of 100LL at Reid-Hillview Airport in San Jose. Credit: Bill Carey The FAA has ruled that Santa Clara County, California, violated federal grant assurances when it ...
On a breezy day in April, Violet Wulf-Saena, founder and executive director of the non-profit Climate Resilient Communities, stood at Cooley Landing Park in East Palo Alto, a popular recreation spot ...