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Apr 19^th, 2005 at 7:14am

Vic Offline
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Out of curiousity - does anybody know the exact cost of Aviation Gas and/or JetA in their part of the world? Grin

It would be interesting to see how the price differs in different coutries and the relation of Av Gas and Jet A in comparisson to Auto fuel!
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Reply #1 - Apr 19^th, 2005 at 7:35pm

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Currently, in Calgary Canada, the price of our Avgas is about the price of our premium automotive gas

$0.95 CAD + GST (7%), and our jetfuel is a little bit cheaper: Jet A $0.82 + GST

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Reply #2 - Apr 20^th, 2005 at 9:07am

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Currently, in Calgary Canada, the price of our Avgas is about the price of our premium automotive gas

$0.95 CAD + GST (7%), and our jetfuel is a little bit cheaper: Jet A $0.82 + GST

Wow. I haven't gotten the figures for us yet...I am trying Grin

If my friends that are in the business can't tell me in the next day, I will just end up calling Domodedovo airport and asking them how much I gotta pay for 100L of JetA Grin

But really, if there is no (substansial) difference between AvGas and unleaded octane, than why do/did aircraft owners convert the engines to use Unleaded? ??? This ruined the engines and you had to mix 25% AvGas with 75% unleaded anyways...so I don't see a point to it. Anyone want to shed some light on this?

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Reply #3 - Apr 20^th, 2005 at 11:17am

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Avgas and automotive gas have different vaporizing characterstics, as well as different additives, even though they are relatively the same. Avgas is designed for air use, so that you would not get vapor locks for example while in the air. The burning characteristics are a bit different, and therefore automotive gas can be hard on the engine. All in all, no aircraft owner should convert to automotive gas in their aircraft, i think its illegal.

Automotive gas is cheaper, and therefore i guess thats the reason why some people convert.

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