Fri Jun 14, 2019 8:31 am
Saville wrote:[
No avgas? Not buying that opinion. First off electric cars do not suddenly ground jet transports. Secondly the market for avgas is very large as prop driven airplanes make up a large section of an economy.
Thirdly don't forget technology.
Fourthly not a foregone conclusion that the political outcome will be what you suspect.
Fri Jun 14, 2019 8:39 am
shrike wrote:
Fifthly - the switch to unleaded aviation fuel is a matter only of regulation, not technology
Fri Jun 14, 2019 8:46 am
Fri Jun 14, 2019 8:53 am
JohnB wrote:Saville...
There will still be jet fuel....(The cynic in me will add that even the piliticians, rich folk, movie stars and environmentalists will want their Gulfstreams)...
But unless you can get a Merlin to run on JET A, you'll be in trouble.
Fri Jun 14, 2019 10:46 am
Fri Jun 14, 2019 11:17 am
JohnB wrote:I don't know.
The only market for AVGAS seems to be the lower end of general aviation...which a part of the population would like to see disappear because of pollution or public perception (aka the "one percenters"). The training market is important and necessary, but even if we don't see a 172 with a PT-6, I think Cessna and engine firms are working on a recip that burns JET A.
I don't know if any piston (prop driven yes, piston no) airliners...or madevac helicopters...or modern AG planes...or fire fighters...or military types...in other words the categories that many, even environmentally concerned folks, would give exception to allow the production of AVGAS.
Fri Jun 14, 2019 12:05 pm
Fri Jun 14, 2019 3:18 pm
Saville wrote:C VEICH wrote:
My point being that when these aircraft are no longer flying and are reduced to being just static artifacts, then there will be no disconnect because, I suspect, authenticity/originality will be the determining factor when it comes to value.
Why do you make the assumption that these planes (and others) won't be flying 20, 50, 100 years from now?
Fri Jun 14, 2019 3:32 pm
Fri Jun 14, 2019 4:06 pm
Saville wrote:Avgas is low lead....why would they want to get rid of that?
Fri Jun 14, 2019 4:23 pm
4RG.I.'S wrote:Saville wrote:Avgas is low lead....why would they want to get rid of that?
Avgas is "low led" not unleaded.
Never said it was
That being said, I don't want a diesel in my mustang...
Fri Jun 14, 2019 10:30 pm
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Sat Jun 15, 2019 7:18 pm
Mon Jun 17, 2019 11:05 am
Saville wrote:4RG.I.'S wrote:Saville wrote:Avgas is low lead....why would they want to get rid of that?
Avgas is "low led" not unleaded.
Never said it was
That being said, I don't want a diesel in my mustang...
I wouldn't want diesel in your Mustang either
What the EPA wants yesterday is not what the EPA wants today and maybe the EPA won't even exist tomorrow.