Talk:Avgas

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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)

[edit] 100/130 & 80/87

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