Talk:Avgas

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Avgas Shortage in Canada

This is in response to User:Ahunt this is a major news story and incident in Canada, sure other places have had shortages, quality and contamination issues but this has reverbed across the country where both commercial and private aircraft have been grounded and FBOs have been unable to service their customer because Imperial Oil's quality control was followed properly and as a result some FBOs have been forced to temporarily close or import Avgas from the U.S. at three to four times the cost in Canada. YborCityJohn (talk) 16:10, 15 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I'm a pilot who lives in Canada, so I am tracking the story and am aware of its impacts. I don't see how this is different from dozens of past cases of avgas contamination or shortages that have occurred and that we aren't covering here. It is a short-term event that isn't going to impact the overall history of avgas any more than the dozens of other similar incidents that we are covering in the article. The relevant polices and guidelines are WP:NOTNEWS and WP:RECENTISM. - Ahunt (talk)

Consistent units

The environmental regulation section is very confusing because the units keep shifting. At one point it discusses regulation in terms of µg/m3 then it uses " micrograms per cubic meter". Then it says Santa Monica measures ng/m3. Is there a standard unit of measurement we can use?--RobertGary1 (talk) 21:36, 19 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

No edit is needed because standard units of measurement are used in the article.

"µg/m3" and "micrograms per cubic meter" are the same.

1000 ng/m3 = 1 µg/m3.

see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outline_of_the_metric_system 97.118.76.36 (talk) 17:08, 12 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Common in North America?

According to a recent change, 100LL is "Common in North America, limited availability elsewhere". I have no sources available, but it seems obvious to me that 100LL is as common in Europe as it is in North-America. How to re-phrase? How to reference? Jan olieslagers (talk) 07:59, 2 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I added that, as avgas in general is not available in Africa, the Middle East or many other far eastern countries. Finding refs is difficult. There is a list here, but it is far from reliable. Many articles are like this one and just make general statements. I can add Europe. - Ahunt (talk) 13:56, 2 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, @Ahunt. It is a step forward but I'm afraid there's more to be done. I will however wait a couple of days, in hopes more voices come chiming in; all while pondering my next update. Cheers! Jan olieslagers (talk) 16:45, 2 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

A definitive statement rally needs a definitive ref. - Ahunt (talk) 17:28, 2 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

B91/115 supplier

This article, and especially mentions of B91/115, refer to a website www.obr.pl which is however dead. (later addition: it is available, though, as an archive: http://web.archive.org/web/20160904113435/http://www.obr.pl:80/pl-PL/benzyna_lotnicza_b_91115a.html). Neither can I find any trace of such a company. OTOH there does exist a company Warter, who claim on their website to be the world's only supplier of B91/115. Was there a change of name, perhaps? See https://warteraviation.com/fuels/b-91-115/ Jan olieslagers (talk) 06:04, 3 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

G100UL Fleetwide STC

FAA STC has not yet been released, however it was signed on 2022-09-01 allowing G100UL on all piston engine aircraft and airframes.^[1]^[2] Netolu (talk) 20:07, 2 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

References

Thanks,

Done. - Ahunt (talk) 00:34, 3 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

[1] ttps://www.aopa.org/news-and-media/all-news/2022/september/01/closer-to-an-unleaded-future

[2] ttps://www.avweb.com/ownership/fuel-news/gami-unleaded-avgas-stcs-approved-for-ga-piston-fleet/

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