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Re: [OM] IMG: From the Past

Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: From the Past
From: Ken Norton <ken@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2010 11:55:02 -0500
>  Right you are Jim. I just returned from lunch and my flying partner pretty
> much said the same thing. There has been a move afoot for years to get the
> lead out of Avgas that has been strongly resisted by comercial aviation
> because there are so many piston planes that cannot use it or would be
> prohibitively expensive to convert.

Back when my dad had a Cessna 172, we used, 80/87 in it, I think. I
remember there was a conversion available to be able to run autogas in
it. We never got around to it because one of the partners managed to
shorten the plane by a few feet in a crash landing.

AG
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