Yeah but 100LL is also still legal (and required) in Europe. My comment is specifically talking about automotive gas
And more specifically, I was refuting the very clear anti-american sentiment in the comment above mine. Because leaded fuel was not a “uniquely American problem”
True, though they are more common than you think, there’s still thousands of flights daily across the U.S. and where I live its the only mode of transportation in/out of a lot of communities.
On thing that’s common though is a mod to allow the planes to run on car gas, 85 or better octane. That helps us and them (much cheaper) and a lot of modern small aircraft are moving to diesel piston engines like the Thielert engines.
And its still not entirely banned in the US, AVGAS for small planes is a “low” lead fuel that still contains a decent amount of lead.
Yeah but 100LL is also still legal (and required) in Europe. My comment is specifically talking about automotive gas
And more specifically, I was refuting the very clear anti-american sentiment in the comment above mine. Because leaded fuel was not a “uniquely American problem”
Avgas is the last hold out for that, yes. But piston powered airplanes are becoming rarer and rarer.
True, though they are more common than you think, there’s still thousands of flights daily across the U.S. and where I live its the only mode of transportation in/out of a lot of communities. On thing that’s common though is a mod to allow the planes to run on car gas, 85 or better octane. That helps us and them (much cheaper) and a lot of modern small aircraft are moving to diesel piston engines like the Thielert engines.
Dieselpunk all the way!