Environmentalists have called for a ban on leaded fuel. Private pilots worry that the ban could kill general aviation. The author is somewhere in the middle. Photo ...

Swift Fuels has extended their popular “Forever Avgas STC” program offered to all aviation consumers with low-cost pricing set at $100 through at least December 31, 2023 Any aircraft owner/pilot who ...

LAKELAND, FL--(Marketwired - Apr 8, 2016) - Swift Fuels, LLC, a recognized leader in developing unleaded aviation fuels, today announced it finalized a fuel distribution framework agreement with ...

An avgas refueler delivers 100 Low Lead. Credit: Brett Schauf It all boils down to liability exposure. As an analogy, let us pretend that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issues an ...

A lawsuit filed last week by the environmental protection group Friends of the Earth is drawing renewed attention to the debate over leaded avgas, prompting a number of aviation industry leaders to ...

We're told again and again these days that the environmental ramifications of private and commercial aviation are so severe that we ought to drastically decrease the level of global air traffic, lest ...

A test fuel specification for SwiftFuel, a biofuel designed to replace leaded avgas, could be resubmitted to ASTM International in February after three negative votes from ASTM members in December led ...

The FAA said Sept. 17 that it has granted approval for the use of a second 100-octane unleaded fuel in piston aircraft, specifically Cessna 172R/S Skyhawks. In a brief statement, the agency said it ...

Santa Monica Airport (SMO) has continued to sell leaded aviation gasoline (avgas) at its facilities and allow airplanes to fly into SMO that utilize leaded avgas. A recent study focused on the ...

The current supply of AVGAS, an aviation fuel mainly used by light single and twin engine aircraft operating with the traditional piston engines, has run out again in Uganda, and similar reports are c ...