The Long, Twisted And Slightly Ridiculous Story of Avgas Part 1
What it is
AVweb's Paul Bertorelli explains why general aviation has failed to replace leaded avgas, blaming industry inertia, bureaucratic delay and an exemption that removes the incentive. This is part one of two.
Why Hacker News recommends it
HN recommends the series as an insightful, humorous account of why unleaded aviation fuel is so hard to approve.
- 3 people recommended it
- 3 different months
- 0 strong recommendations
- first 2022, last 2026
What HN commenters said
“AVWeb made 2 videos on the subject of leaded avgas and on how hard it is to get it approved.”
Why approving unleaded avgas has been so hard
feb, 2022-09 · Recommendation · in “FAA approves unleaded fuel for piston fleet”
“here are a few insightful videos that summarize the story”
Insightful, humorous summary of the unleaded avgas saga
DigiDigiorno, 2023-10 · Recommendation · in “EPA moves towards banning leaded aviation gas”
“Avweb has done a good series of videos on this.”
Series on the G100UL approval and FAA delays
aftbit, 2026-07 · Recommendation · in “Leaded Gas Was a Known Poison the Day It Was Invented (2016)”
Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.
Topics: avgas, general aviation, unleaded fuel, faa, regulation
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