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"In Europe, avgas prices are so high that the entire general aviation industry is being wiped out."

Is that NPOV? David.Monniaux 20:07, 19 Jun 2005 (UTC)

It's certainly not sourced, at least, which such a claim should be. —Morven 20:55, Jun 19, 2005 (UTC)

Piston-avgas powered general aviation is alive and well in Europe, though considerably more expensive than the United States. Europe's social engineering via high fuel taxes, use and excise/value-added taxes, etc. have placed flying out of the reach of the average person there. Diesel aircraft engines are gaining popularity but are by no means prevalent- the vast majority of piston-propeller driven aircraft in Europe (as in the US) are powered by avgas.

Is 'mogas' a European term? --vaeiou 23:53, 28 December 2005 (UTC)

Not that I know of. Airports here in the northeast United States advertise "mogas". I've also seen it advertised as autogas, though. —Cleared as filed. 23:57, 28 December 2005 (UTC)

ditto for Canada. -User:Lommer | ^talk 05:45, 31 December 2005 (UTC)

true, i've seen a canadian built plane have a label saying "Use only Avgas"Zoobtoob 06:52, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

Mogas is used in Europe in the context of running aircraft on road fuel.BaseTurnComplete 09:46, 16 August 2006 (UTC)

Contents 1 Ethanol's impact on auto fuel STCs in United States 2 100/130 & 80/87 3 Possibly Trivia? 4 Phasing out 100LL

[edit] Ethanol's impact on auto fuel STCs in United States

In the United States, the phase-out of MTBE has lead to the widespread use of ethanol blending as a substitute. Because most (all?) auto fuel STCs for aircraft specifically prohibit fuel containing ethanol, this essentially renders the STCs worthless (i.e. they no longer enable the pilot to use auto fuel legally.) 66.171.171.141 22:37, 24 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] 100/130 & 80/87

Are these fuels actually still available? -- RoySmith (talk) 22:20, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Possibly Trivia?

The word avgas actually means exhaust fumes in Swedish. I thought it might be an interesting trivia in this article since exhaust fumes and fuel are not entirely unrelated. //Roger —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.216.188.67 (talk) 21:40, 7 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Phasing out 100LL

"Most piston aircraft engines require 100LL but it is scheduled to be phased out in the United States because of the lead toxicity." -- what schedule? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.227.195.217 (talk) 04:47, 14 December 2007 (UTC)