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The Long, Twisted And Slightly Ridiculous Story of Avgas Part 1

AVweb's Paul Bertorelli explains why general aviation has failed to replace leaded avgas, blaming industry inertia, bureaucratic delay and an exemption that removes the incentive. This is part one of two.

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Why HN readers recommended it

HN recommends the series as an insightful, humorous account of why unleaded aviation fuel is so hard to approve.

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Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel
AVweb
Topic
leaded aviation fuel
Format
explainer
Level
general
HN recommenders in dataset
3
HN mentions in dataset
4
Recommendation years in dataset
2022–2026

These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.

From the original HN conversations

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  • Impressive work by GAMI who are working on it since decades. AVWeb made 2 videos on the subject of leaded avgas and on how hard it is to get it approved. In addition, the FAA launched several failed attempts with the industry at large. * …

    feb on Hacker News · 2022-09
    In FAA approves unleaded fuel for piston fleet

  • The uphill battle of unleaded avgas leaves both the main players in the industry and the regulators themselves looking bad—but in a banal kinda way. I enjoy AVWeb on YT for AV news (really, I just enjoy the humor/personality of Paul Bertorelli lol), here are …

    DigiDigiorno on Hacker News · 2023-10
    In EPA moves towards banning leaded aviation gas

  • We're working on it, slowly but surely. This has been a known problem for a long time, at least since 2009 if not earlier. GAMI's G100UL was approved as a 100LL replacement in 2022, but there is still some controversy. Avweb has done a good …

    aftbit on Hacker News · 2026-07
    In Leaded Gas Was a Known Poison the Day It Was Invented (2016)

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