Belgian aircraft engine maker ULPower recently announced a new line of FADEC-controlled, autogas-burning six-cylinder engines ranging in output from 140-200 hp. Please share: Continue Reading →
The FBO fuel sales model is broken and anti-competitive
Posted on March 18th, 2012 by Kent Misegades
In almost every article about the future of leaded avgas, this statement appears, “… only one fuel will be stocked by the FBO system.” This particular quote comes from a reply by Mac McClellen to Todd Petersen in Mac’s latest... Continue Reading →
New autogas supplier for Virginia and North Carolina
Posted on March 15th, 2012 by Kent Misegades
Reflecting the increasing demand for lead-free autogas at GA airports, Jernigan Oil of Ahoskie, N.C., announced this week its willingness to deliver 93 AKI autogas to any airport in the states of North Carolina or Virginia. Continue Reading →
Map of airports with autogas now online
Posted on March 12th, 2012 by Kent Misegades
Thanks to GAfuels blogger Dean Billing, a map of all the airports that offer lead-free, ethanol-free autogas is now available at this link. Continue Reading →
Do fuel prices affect hours flown?
Posted on March 7th, 2012 by Kent Misegades
Does the price we pay for fuel have a direct influence on how much we operate our airplanes, cars, and boats? According to an article that appeared in the EAA’s November 2011 issue of Sport Aviation (“My $.02 on $6... Continue Reading →
AirBP & EPIC part ways
Posted on March 6th, 2012 by Kent Misegades
AirBP and EPIC Aviation, the company who has sold BP’s aviation fuel in the past, have parted ways, according to this press release from AirBP. “BP’s global aviation fuelling business, Air BP, announced today that it has entered the U.S.... Continue Reading →
Martin Field in Walla Walla adds autogas
Posted on March 5th, 2012 by Kent Misegades
Pilots in southeastern Washington are enjoying some of the least expensive aviation fuel in the country since lead-free, ethanol-free 91 AKI autogas recently became available at Martin Field (S95), just outside of Walla Walla. Continue Reading →
Autogas passes the quack test
Posted on February 27th, 2012 by Kent Misegades
You know the old adage, right? “If it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it probably is a duck.” This year marks the 30th anniversary since the FAA approved the first STC... Continue Reading →
Florida panhandle airport adds autogas
Posted on February 16th, 2012 by Kent Misegades
Pilots living in or flying through the Pensacola, Florida, area have good reason to cheer the news that autogas is now available at the Peter Prince Airport (2R4) in Milton. According to an airport spokeswoman, “We added autogas last summer.... Continue Reading →
Study claims ties between avgas and lead in children’s blood
Posted on February 15th, 2012 by Kent Misegades
In what is sure to provide more fodder for the ongoing debate over the future of leaded avgas, the Children’s Environmental Health Initiative, at Duke University’s Nicholas School of the Environment in Durham, N.C., recently released a study “A Geospatial... Continue Reading →
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