Paul Marshall, a SCAPA member and owner of a 2000 Bonanza A36, has reported issues after using G100UL fuel for 67 hours. He published a report available here. Michael Luvera, based at Reid Hillview (RHV) has, at the time of this post, published the results from a series of experiments…
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A Disaster Waiting to Happen
Santa Clara County has adopted G100UL fuel, the first jurisdiction in the US to do so, despite concerns about its lack of ASTM approval and potential compatibility issues with other unleaded fuels like Swift 100R. The decision to adopt G100UL, driven by political pressure and a desire to reduce lead…
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Lead Lies
CalPilots, in conjunction with CAAPSO (thank you Doug Rice and Stephen McHenry), has finally received air quality data from Bay Area Air Quality Management District. BAAQMD is a public agency entrusted with regulating stationary sources of air pollution in the nine counties that surround San Francisco Bay. It took a…