In February, a group of general aviation industry stakeholders from the Eliminate Aviation Gasoline Lead Emissions (EAGLE) initiative—representing manufacturers, aeronautical service providers, air carriers, and aircraft owners and pilots—visited Alaska to better understand the importance of piston-engine aircraft to remote communities and the intricacies of an unleaded fuel transition in such a vast state.
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.
A government-industry coalition seeking to accelerate the arrival of a safe unleaded fuel suitable for all aircraft urged owners to report their unleaded fuel experience to the FAA.
The Pulitzer Electric Aircraft Race is scheduled for October 10 through 13 at Springfield-Beckley Municipal Airport in Springfield, Ohio, marking 100 years since the last race in the original 1920s series was run.
Before I took the helm as AOPA president this year, and as an active pilot, I was well aware of ongoing efforts to transition to 100-octane unleaded avgas.
The FAA agreed with AOPA's argument that the unleaded aviation fuels currently available are not ready to fully displace avgas in a much-anticipated March 24 decision with a clear message for all federally obligated airports.
Diamond Aircraft, a subsidiary of China-based Wanfeng Auto Holding Group Co. Ltd’s aircraft division, has joined the race to produce a new generation of electric air taxis with the acquisition of German developer Volocopter.
A California judge took a skeptical view of the key argument that unleaded piston aviation fuel is "commercially available" in a preliminary ruling that would preserve avgas availability at nearly two dozen California airports.
