Climaxing a long huddle with oilmen, Petroleum Coordinator Ickes last week announced that the industry had agreed to double refining capacity for aviation gasoline, in order to forestall a shortage.

US regulators have approved the use of a 100-octane unleaded fuel in all spark-ignition aviation engines, a move the general aviation industry says will help its transition away from leaded fuel. The ...

Robert Emmett of Vitol Aviation Co. (left) and GAMI Chief Engineer George Braly announce at Sun ‘n Fun that Vitol has refined a commercial quantity of GAMI’s G100UL unleaded avgas. Credit: Michael ...

High octane aviation gasoline did not mean more power by itself but it removed the limits that held piston engines back. This is the story of how 100 octane fuel transformed Allied aircraft ...

SAN JOSE — Reid-Hillview Airport has become the first airport in the United States to offer unleaded fuel that can be used in all general aviation aircraft, according to a Santa Clara County news ...

For 25¢ a gallon the U.S. oil industry can now produce quantities of aviation gasoline so powerful that present airplane engines in production cannot make full use of it. Fuel technology has ...

As California works to phase out leaded fuel at its airports, the first three tarmacs in the state, all in the Bay Area, started offering 100-octane unleaded fuel last fall. Contra Costa County ...

Gasoline is a mystery to most hot rodders. For the most part, we just fill up the tank and forget about the fuel. The most difficult question is whether to step up from 89 to 92 octane. As you might ...