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Subject: | Hillsboro TCFG Fly-In |
My dad and I had a great time at the fly-in this year! I want to thank Aero
Air for hosting us, Matt Isley and Geoffrey Pence for their participation
and support, and especially Sue and Jimbob for the incredible job they did
to pull this all together and make it an enjoyable and memorable event.
We're looking forward to next year!
Thanks again to everyone,
Stan
N681SP
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Subject: | Fwd: Update from The Clean 100 Octane Coalition |
-----Original Message-----
From: The Clean 100 Octane Coalition <avgas100now@gmail.com>
Sent: Sun, Sep 12, 2010 1:33 pm
Subject: Update from The Clean 100 Octane Coalition
Sunday, September 12, 2010
Dear Aero Commander 680E Owner,
The Clean 100 Octane Coalition has much activity and some progress to repo
rt since Air Venture. Here is a quick bullet summary, details of which ca
n be seen at www.100octaneformyplane.com.
=C2=B7 Air Venture:
o The campaign to gain agreement for the STC fuel discovery and qual
ification process {AC20-24B} appeared successful with high level FAA offic
ials agreeing that this process is worthy of pursuit. {Although, see belo
w.}
o In particular, meetings were held with FAA authorities and other
influential persons {thanks to Jon Sisk, Curt Sanford, Bob Thomason and
John Millner} in which Coalition concerns and points of view were discuss
ed, understood and well received. Additionally, folks turned up in large
numbers at the FAA Administrator=99s session wearing the =9CG
reen Button=9D which identified wearers as supporters of the STC pro
cess for qualifying fuels. Several hundred of these buttons were distribu
ted throughout the grounds during Air Venture.
o AvWeb published a barrage of very useful articles during the event
, including a podcast interview of Jon Sisk, speaking on behalf of The Cle
an 100 Octane Coalition.
o 200 additional pilots signed up as supporters of the Clean 100 Oct
ane Coalition mission, with over 700 =9CBlue Buttons=9D being
distributed.
o Able assistance with all of this was provided by Trey Hughes of MA
PA, Jim Cavanaugh of Piper Magazine, Tom Turner of ABS, Larry Gaines and
Elliott Schiffman of Bonanzas to Oshkosh, Glenn Mores of COG, and Dave Pi
ehler of the Mooney Caravan.
=C2=B7 EPA Comment Campaign:
o EPA extended the comment period for EPA=99s Advanced Notice
of Proposed Rulemaking regarding lead in avgas. With letter templates
generously provided by the Aerostar Owners Association, the Clean 100 Oct
ane Coalition invited individuals and type club members to send their comm
ents. The Clean 100 website experienced over 850 downloads of the offered
templates.
o Based upon comments from type club representatives, and emails rec
eived at the Clean 100 email addresses, there appear to have been roughly
100 individual letters sent. So far EPA has tallied 450+ letters from al
l sources and the counting continues.
o Below is a list of the type clubs which issued letters on behalf
of their membership:
=C2=A7 The Aerostar Owners Association
=C2=A7 The Alaska Air Carriers Association
=C2=A7 The American Bonanza Society
=C2=A7 The Malibu/Mirage Owners and Pilots Association
=C2=A7 The Twin Cessna Flyer
=C2=A7 The Commander Owners Group
o Thanks to all of you who took the time to participate.
=C2=B7 The level of awareness of the avgas issue has risen dramatic
ally over the past several months, partly due to Clean 100 activities, but
primarily due to the prominent and widespread coverage provided by the av
iation press {eg., AvWeb}, AOPA and the type organizations.
=C2=B7 Website Reorganization =93 The Clean 100 Octane Coalit
ion website has undergone a facelift to reflect the large volume of materi
al that=99s been released over the past couple of months. We now ha
ve the following new pages:
o Aviation Press =93 blogs, articles, videocasts and podcasts
o Alphabets =93 FAA, AOPA and EAA releases, and more from othe
r organizations whenever we find it
o The Type Clubs =93 each type club member has a subheading;
not all have yet submitted material
o Candidate Solutions =93 a page dedicated to the potential so
lutions; so far this only includes Swift and GAMI =93 we know more
{like Petersen} are out there..
o Clean 100 Reports =93 stuff that the Coalition has been up
to.
A potential problem =93 the progress we thought had been made at Air
Venture, gaining agreement to promote innovation through use of the STC
process, may have been a mirage. There are renewed rumblings of FAA relu
ctance to proceed with the STC process. And, of course, to this date, no
STC has been awarded to any candidate fuels developer though applications
have been made.
Finally, we are just beginning another letter writing campaign, this time
to legislators. Our letter will briefly explain the avgas issue and enco
urage support for the FAA reauthorization bill that includes the annual $2
Mm funding requested for the replacement fuel search and certification.
We might be bold enough to include a pitch explaining the need for an FAA
-led process of discovery innovation =93 i.e., the STC process. We
=99ll see about that one. A template will be provided on the websit
e, and a separate email inviting participation will be sent. Be looking
for it in the next several weeks..
Thanks for your concern about this issue, and your willingness to support
these efforts.
Continuing to tilt at that windmill,
Lee Buechler/Clean 100 Octane Coalition
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