GAfuels blogger Dean Billing is nearing completion of his RANS S-7S, which will be powered by a mogas-burning Jabiru engine. With the fuel not being available at his airport in central Oregon, he decided to construct a fuel trailer to... Continue Reading →
Small airplane revitalization act passes Senate committee
Posted on July 31st, 2013 by Charles Spence
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Senate Commerce Committee’s voice vote passage Tuesday, July 30, of the Small Airplane Revitalization Act moved the bill closer to passage by the full Congress, requiring the FAA to put into effect changes to Part 23... Continue Reading →
FAA makes certification rule change proposals public
Posted on July 29th, 2013 by Charles Spence
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The FAA has released to the public the 335-page report of the Aviation Rule Making Committee set up to recommend broad changes in the certification of general aviation aircraft in an effort to increase the safety of... Continue Reading →
Continental: Jet-A and mogas fuel the future
Posted on July 29th, 2013 by Kent Misegades
In AVweb’s recent article on the acquisition of Thielert by AVIC, the parent company of Continental Motors, Rhett Ross, CEO of Continental, expressed the reality that your bloggers have reported on for the past several years: ” … Continental said... Continue Reading →
Fly unleaded to EAA AirVenture 2013
Posted on July 28th, 2013 by Kent Misegades
Despite the positive reaction to our ‘Unleaded to Oshkosh‘ event from 2012, lower-cost, lead-free mogas will still not be available at AirVenture 2013. As we reported in 2011, there are multiple nearby options for those who prefer the fuel. Below... Continue Reading →
Overwater lessons for Oshkosh and other summer fun
Posted on July 25th, 2013 by Drew Steketee
Some of us will be flying the Great Lakes soon to reach AirVenture or otherwise cruising some lake, bay, sound or shoreline towards cooler weather. I thought I’d call up last January’s ditching in the Hudson River Corridor to ponder... Continue Reading →
Cambridge Municipal adds mogas
Posted on July 24th, 2013 by Kent Misegades
Pilots in southwestern Nebraska and northern Kansas will get some relief from high avgas prices soon when the Cambridge, Nebraska Municipal Airport (CSB) starts selling mogas. Continue Reading →
When landings give you lemons…
Posted on July 23rd, 2013 by Jamie Beckett
On Monday evening a Southwest Airlines flight from Nashville to New York touched down at LaGuardia. Then the sparks flew. The nose gear collapsed on roll-out, the airplane skidded to a stop, and all hell did not break loose. I... Continue Reading →
Oil companies demand end to ethanol mandates
Posted on July 23rd, 2013 by Kent Misegades
As described in our March 10 article, it is generally accepted that fuel companies hit the so-called blending wall this past winter, a situation where EPA blending mandates cannot be fulfilled, even if every drop of gasoline contains 10% ethanol... Continue Reading →
A long cross-country on mogas
Posted on July 22nd, 2013 by Kent Misegades
Thanks go out to GAfuels reader Michael Gallagher of Peoria, Ill., for sending us this story on his recent long cross-country trip in the mogas-burning, Rotax 912ULS-powered RANS S-7S he built himself: Continue Reading →
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