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Unleaded avgas at Sebring hits $8.10; UL94 averages lower. Starlink sparks FAA questions. Cessna tech issues draw expert advice.

EAGLE’S most recent public information letter discusses the FAA Fleet Authorization process. However, what it doesn’t say is concerning.

G100UL is in service but a lot of misinformation is still out there, plus some users are reporting problems. Here’s what we see going on.

As of this writing, G100UL high-octane unleaded avgas is on sale at two airports in California with more expected. What does the future hold for users?

Unleaded AVgas Holdup I just received my October 2024 issue of Aviation Consumer and went straight to Rick Durden’s unleaded avgas update article. I operate an U.S.-registered Cessna R172K with a Continental IO-360-KB, based in Switzerland, and have been an Aviation Consumer subscriber since the 1990s. I am hugely frustrated by how little the normally […]

The California legislature passed a leaded avgas ban for 2031. There’s a fleet-wide, high-octane unleaded avgas that is ready to go, but distributors won’t deliver.

Insured hull value I am in the process of renewing the insurance for my 1968 Cessna 182. I previously had $95,000 hull insurance, since that was about what I thought I could sell it for. Early this year I put the plane on the market at $105,000, and then steadily dropped the price until I […]

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 […]

Older planes take lots of creative work, and in aviation lingo that translates to dollars and time in finding parts, plus labor for upkeep, etc.

A newly overhauled Lycoming IO-360 with notably low fuel pressure needs logical troubleshooting, while a Cherokee has a nagging pitot/static system leak.

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