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gbtw | 4 years ago

Also avgas still mostly has lead in it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avgas

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jabl|4 years ago

Just a couple of days ago we discussed the first approved 100 octane unleaded avgas. One hopes this can scale up quickly and replace the leaded 100LL.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27983845

kube-system|4 years ago

With as conservative as aviation is, and as long as airplanes last, I doubt anything about it will be quick. I’m amazed it has taken this long to get a single approved 100LL replacement, considering high octane unleaded fuels have existed for decades.