The FAA is standing up for 100LL. The agency posted a notice in the Federal Register regarding several changes to airport grant assurances, including the addition of Grant Assurance 40, which mandates the availability of 100LL fuel through 2030 or a possible earlier date when an FAA-authorized unleaded replacement fuel becomes available.

Renowned airshow pilot and aerobatic competitor Rob Holland died when his single-seat MX Aircraft MXS aircraft crashed while on approach at Langley Air Force Base in Hampton, Virginia.

A Texas pilot who threatened to kill a would-be employer after failing a preemployment alcohol screening was sentenced on April 8 to serve one month in federal prison followed by one year of probation after pleading guilty to a reduced federal charge.

Two pilots born in China are scheduled to return to a Florida courtroom on April 30 to argue whether a recent $7.3 million jury verdict delivered with one party absent should be set aside—the latest in a slew of legal battles spanning multiple jurisdictions on two continents, all stemming from a circumnavigation superlative claimed in 2016 that remains very much in dispute, at least among the litigants.

The FAA announced during a meeting with aviation industry organizations on April 23 that it will not implement its proposed policy that would have replaced the longstanding practice of deferring incomplete medical applications with issuing immediate denials.