Effective January 1, 1996, a 1990 Federal Clean Air Act Amendment banned the sale of leaded fuels for on-road vehicles but exempted the sale of leaded fuels for off-road use, such as aircraft, racing cars, farm equipment, and marine engines. This has resulted in the general aviation community becoming one of the largest domestic consumers of leaded fuels. With environmental pressures increasing worldwide against the use of leaded fuels and lead scavenging agents, the future status of the Environmental Protection Agency exemption for general aviation is uncertain and is increasingly a subject of debate. For more than a decade, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) William J. Hughes Technical Center has worked closely with aircraft manufacturers, engine manufacturers, petroleum producers, chemical companies, universities, regulatory agencies, and the Aircraft Owner and Pilot Association through both the Coordinating Research Council (CRC) and the American Society for Testing of Materials (ASTM) to facilitate the development of a safe, high-octane, unleaded aviation gasoline for spark ignition, piston aircraft engines.


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    Developing a High Octane Unleaded Aviation Gasoline

    Valentine, J. N. / Dorn, P. / Studzinski, W. M. et al. | British Library Conference Proceedings | 1997


    Unleaded Racing Gasoline Components and Blends in the 110 Octane Range

    Patriquin, Gregg / Marcusich, Mitch / Leveque, Roger | SAE Technical Papers | 1994


    Ongoing Research into High Octane Unleaded Avgas

    Ferrara, Augusto M. / Atwood, David H. | SAE Technical Papers | 1993


    Unleaded Racing Gasoline Components and Blends in the 110 Octane Range

    Leveque, R. / Society of Automotive Engineers | British Library Conference Proceedings | 1994