The GAfuels Blog is written by two private pilots concerned about the future availability of fuels for piston-engine aircraft: Dean Billing, Sisters, Ore., an expert on autogas and ethanol, and Kent Misegades, Cary, N.C., an aerospace engineer, aviation sales rep for U-Fuel, and president of EAA1114.

In Part I of this series, we reviewed the history of the autogas Supplemental Type Certificates (STCs) that allow us to use the fuel in hundreds of different legacy aircraft and engines. But what do aircraft owners do when their airplanes are not covered by these STCs, for instance later model Beech Bonanzas, Barons, Cessna 210s and 310s, Mooneys, and other aircraft with high compression-ratio engines? Many of these aircraft will be covered by the latest development from Petersen Aviation, the Anti-Detonation Injection (ADI) system for light aircraft. Read more...

===> Posted on April 14, 2011 by Kent Misegades. No comments. © GAN 2011