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Key Takeaways:

  • Over 65% of the privately owned, single-engine, piston fleet can utilize cheaper, cleaner mogas via an STC, offering significant savings on fuel (up to $1/gal less than 100LL) and reducing lead-related engine maintenance.
  • Any persistent carbon monoxide reading above 10 PPM in an aircraft cabin warrants immediate investigation due to health risks, with 35 PPM necessitating an emergency landing.
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Thank you for Jeb Burnside’s “Follow the Money” commentary in the April 2022 issue. I’d like to highlight another aspect of the leaded-avgas issue that aviation’s “alphabet soup” hasn’t called much attention to.

According to the EAA’s own hardcopy STC materials (but not emphasized on the EAA or AOPA web sites), “more than 65 percent of the privately owned, single-engine, piston fleet of aircraft in the United States still utilize 80 octane rated gasoline.”

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