Industry News

It was another lean year for new product introductions at the big show at Oshkosh. Unleaded avgas and engine tech were among the talking points.

As the month of June was winding down, Cirrus Aircraft became the most recent party to snub GAMI’s FAA-approved 100LL high-octane unleaded fuel replacement, G100UL. On the 18th of the month, it issued its Service Advisory SA24-14, which said that Cirrus did not approve the use of G100UL in its aircraft, that its material compatibility […]

As we put the finishing touches on this August issue of Aviation Consumer, thoughts are on the big show at Oshkosh coming on in just a couple of weeks. For me, AirVenture has always been the place to buy—gadgets, avionics, aircraft and engines. For a nostalgic shopping experience, stroll the Fly Market for lightly used […]

Like a first-time homeowner buying more house than the checkbook can handle, it’s easy for first-time airplane owners to end up airplane poor. And it happens fast and hard, especially in a supply-starved market when an owner pays big and a prepurchase inspection fails to spot trouble areas. That’s a setup for the surprise of […]

Again and again when we research the NTSB accident reports for the magazine’s Used Aircraft Guide feature, we find wrecks that might have been avoided if it weren’t for maintenance errors.

It was a lean year for new product announcements, but there were a few standout industry developments worth talking about.

Last year around this time, Garmin sounded the warning horn that it won’t be able to keep fully supporting the GNS 430—perhaps the most popular avionics unit of all time.

This past March, the NTSB and FAA did something we just don’t see often: They reversed previous conclusions about the cause of an accident, which in the initial investigation also implicated an aftermarket STC-approved modification as causing the accident. Flash back to 2018 when a Cessna CitationJet crashed near Memphis, killing the occupants and creating […]

No matter where you look in the general and business aviation markets you’ll find price increases—eye-widening ones—and I think it’s hindering safe aircraft ownership like nobody’s business.

So, how is EAGLE doing? Not great, in my view.

White Lightning RV-14: Unleaded Avgas Poster Child

How does a 215-HP Lycoming run on GAMI’s unleaded avgas? We loaded some in and put it through the wringer with predictable results.