Swift Fuels, LLC has announced that Texas Aero at Waco\nRegional Airport is now offering Swift\u2019s UL94 unleaded aviation gasoline for\nits piston aircraft customers and for use in Texas Aero\u2019s flight school client\n– Universal Flight Concepts. Texas Aero is a branded Avfuel customer and this\nis an opportunity for Avfuel Corporation to further demonstrate its commitment\nto unleaded avgas. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
For Swift Fuels, which produces and sells the only\ncommercially available unleaded avgas in the U.S., the nationwide transition\naway from 100LL (leaded avgas) in favor of unleaded avgas continues to increase\nmomentum. Texas Aero, the preferred FBO\nat Waco Regional Airport, has committed to making that transition a reality to\nexpand their offering of quality services, as well to help the community the\nairport supports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Barry Johnson, Vice President of Operations at Texas Aero,\nhad this to say, \u201cOffering UL94 to our customers is a key differentiator\ncompared to many nearby FBO\u2019s that only sell 100LL (leaded) avgas. This premium\nunleaded fuel affords our flight school client a superior cost advantage over\nothers by extending our Lycoming engine maintenance to 100-hour oil change\nintervals vs. typical 25- or 50-hour intervals. Pilots have been excited ever\nsince we announced our intention to offer this fuel. We believe our transient\nair traffic wanting to use this fuel will also grow our business.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Chris D\u2019Acosta, CEO for Swift Fuels also commented, \u201cSwift\nFuels\u2019 UL94 is the only commercially-available unleaded avgas in the US, it\u2019s\nsold nationwide, it\u2019s commercially insured for aviation, and pilots who use it\n\u2013 love it. Barry Johnson in\ncollaboration with Avfuel have championed this effort working with local pilots\nto join the progressive nationwide movement toward unleaded avgas.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
D\u2019Acosta added, \u201cWe\u2019ve proudly led this multi-year\ntransition away from 100LL since 2015 to educate the market on the key benefits\nof our low toxicity high-performance unleaded avgas. This can only happen with the ongoing support\nof forward-thinking regulators, aircraft\/engine OEMs, pilots, airports,\nmunicipalities, airport boards and supply chain folks. Industry leaders like Barry Johnson recognize\nthe growing demand for cleaner fuel for their customers and continue to play an\nintegral role in the transition. We\nrecognized early on that pilots would value the longer maintenance intervals,\nless wear-and-tear on engines, less corrosion, longer sparkplug life, etc. We\nare extremely proud to have our UL94 avgas available for piston aircraft use at\nTexas Aero,\u201d said D\u2019Acosta. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Swift Fuel\u2019s Unleaded UL94 Avgas is sold nationwide – priced\ncompetitively with 100LL and is expected to remain low subject to oil market\nvolatility. Over 110,000 aircraft are already FAA-authorized to use the UL94\nAvgas as a \u201cdrop-in ready\u201d fuel. Swift UL94 is compliant with all ASTM D7547\navgas specifications and D4814 auto gasoline specifications, making it a highly\nversatile premium gasoline product in the global marketplace. Note that UL94\navgas is not a full replacement for 100LL for higher compression engines,\ntherefore, only those aircraft with engine requiring 94 motor-octane avgas or\nlower are compatible \u2013 which still represents 65% of the US piston fleet. For\nmore information about UL94, FAA certifications, and the latest listing of\nairports with Swift Fuels UL94 available, please visit: www.swiftfuels.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Swift Fuels, LLC has announced that Texas Aero at Waco Regional Airport is now offering Swift\u2019s UL94 unleaded aviation gasoline for its piston aircraft customers and for use in Texas Aero\u2019s flight school client – Universal Flight Concepts. Texas Aero is a branded Avfuel customer and this is an opportunity for Avfuel Corporation to further […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[62],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13695","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-texas"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13695","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13695"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13695\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13696,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13695\/revisions\/13696"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13695"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13695"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13695"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}