AV gas comes in a few octane ratings around here. I usually use LL100 (low lead 100 octane). It is illegal to pump into cars but it depends on the airport. I used to fill my Chevelle up and a few extra containers. I always loved the looks on some faces when I would pull up in my car and pump fuel right beside their cesna!
It does smell sweet..you're right about the nasty gas we get today for cars... Walt http://www.personal.kent.edu/~wbainey/CHEVELLE.htm ----- Original Message ----- From: Todd Gatesh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tuesday, November 30, 2004 6:34 pm Subject: [Chevelle-list] High Octane Aviation Gas. > > > > > > I can drive my Chevelle to our municipal airport and get gas at the > Chevron beside the runway. It is a low lead gas that floats > between 105 and > 112 octane....and it is $2.70 a gallon. I guess that is not bad > since 87 > octane at the gas stations cost $1.97 around here (Central Arizona). > > > I am a pilot. I know that the aviation industry was > "grandfathered in" for > the lead containing gasoline when America went unleaded. As far > as I know, > av-gas is the only readily available mass produced fuel still > containinglead. I buy av-gas all of the time for the planes I > fly. I do believe > that dispensing the av-gas directly into an owner's car is > illegal. I'm > not saying that this doesn't go on all of the time. Does anyone > know if > this is in fact true? Is it illegal to dispense leaded gas from > an airport > vendor into a car? The reason I ask is that few airports will > sell the gas > and dispense it into a car but most will sell if it is going into a > container. > > Also, on a similar topic.....Most people now days don't realize > that pure > gasoline, like av-gas, has a beautiful pure almost sweet smell. > And if you > get it on your hands it almost immediately evaporates leaving no > residualsmell or oily feeling. The chemical brew that they call > automotive "gas" > they sell for cars has become so darn nasty. They shouldn't call > it gas > anymore. Just call it "car fuel". > --Todd. Boise, Idaho. > > >
