For decades, the general aviation industry has struggled with finding a replacement for leaded avgas without success. The biggest driver of this failure is that there’s no reason to do so because the industry has been given an exemption to continue using lead. In this two-part series, AVweb’s Paul Bertorelli explains how industry inertia and bureaucratic foot dragging killed efforts to eliminate lead from aviation fuel. See Part 2 here.
The Long, Twisted And Slightly Ridiculous Story Of Avgas (Part 1)
Key Takeaways:
- The general aviation industry has long struggled to find a replacement for leaded avgas.
- The primary reason for this failure is an existing exemption that allows the continued use of leaded fuel, removing the urgency for change.
- Efforts to eliminate lead from aviation fuel have been stymied by a combination of industry inertia and bureaucratic foot-dragging.
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