G100UL Launches At Watsonville

Credit: GAMI
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Key Takeaways:

  • Watsonville Municipal Airport is now the second airport in California to sell GAMI's G100UL high-octane unleaded aviation fuel.
  • To promote the adoption of the new fuel, Watsonville Airport is offering incentives, including free STCs (Supplemental Type Certificates) for based aircraft operators who purchase it by a specific deadline.
  • The initiative aims to quickly equip as many aircraft on the field as possible to operate on lead-free aviation gasoline.
  • Reid-Hillview Airport in San Jose was the first in California to begin selling G100UL a month prior.
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Watsonville Municipal Airport became the second California field to sell GAMI’s G100UL high-octane unleaded fuel, and to kick it off it’s offering incentives to based operators as well as those from neighboring fields. The full list of incentives is attached below, but those who keep their planes at Watsonville can get the required STC for free, including the necessary sign-off by an IA at the kickoff event on Saturday. To get the STC payment refunded they have to buy it by midnight Friday.

“This incentive is designed to equip as many aircraft on the field at KWVI as possible with the G100UL STCs and all you an early opportunity to begin operating your aircraft engine on lead-free high octane aviation gasoline,” GAMI said in a letter to Watsonville operators. A month ago, Reid-Hillview Airport in San Jose became the first to sell G100UL.

Russ Niles

Russ Niles is Editor-in-Chief of AVweb. He has been a pilot for 30 years and joined AVweb 22 years ago. He and his wife Marni live in southern British Columbia where they also operate a small winery.
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