FAA Continues To Stall On G100UL - AVweb

It’s Deja Vu all over again. Look to Europe. Ethanol free Mogas and diesel at most GA airfields, delivered by the same fuel providers who deliver Jet-A and Leaded Avgas. The worlds largest aircraft engine maker, Austria’s Rotax, designs its engines to run best on ethanol-free mogas. The largest light aircraft manufacturer in the world, Italy’s Tecnam, has a policy that all its aircraft will run on mogas, they do not need leaded fuel. 80% or more of the piston engine aircraft fleet in the US will run on Mogas with the STC’s that the EAA and Todd Peterson pioneered. One of the rising stars of homebuilt power plants, Viking, sell engines derived from auto engines that of course run best on Mogas. But our out-of-Touch government and the out-of-touch Aviation Alphabets are still beating the dead horse of a single replacement fuel. Is it all being dictated by COPA and the Avgas providers? If so, they are shooting themselves in the foot.