An article in the February issue of "Flying" magazine explores the future of General Aviation fuel, and what might replace 100 Low-Lead avgas after last year's call by the Environmental Protection ...

Aviation is moving away from 100LL leaded fuel, with some airports already restricting its availability and mandating unleaded alternatives, which will necessitate changes for aircraft owners and ...

An FAA committee concluded that a "drop-in" unleaded replacement for 100LL avgas is currently technically infeasible and lacks financial motive for major suppliers. Despite these challenges, the FAA ...

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 ...

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Leaded fuel is considered one of the greatest environmental failures in modern human history. Adding tetraethyl lead to gasoline reduced knock in internal combustion engines, which was widely ...

With the rest of the world having long-since moved away from leaded fuels, aviation gasoline, or "avgas" for short, seemingly exists as a final holdover from a bygone era. The most ubiquitous avgas ...

A 100 Low Lead refueler is parked with other refueling trucks in this Atlantic Aviation FBO fleet. Credit: Bill Carey/Aviation Week Network The National Air Transportation Association (NATA) says the ...

GRAND FORKS – In the coming weeks, UND Aerospace will be the largest public flight school in the United States to fully switch to unleaded aviation gasoline, or avgas. According to a UND news release, ...

Over the past year, there has been a lot of buzz in the aviation industry over the use of alternative fuels. While most of the attention has been focused on the big jets burning some kind of biofuels ...

Flying clubs in the country are closing one after another as it has become extremely difficult for them to get aviation gasoline -- 100 octane low-leaded (100LL) -- due to restrictions imposed by the ...