---------------------------------------------------------- Commander-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Wed 09/15/10: 2 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 05:58 AM - Hillsboro TCFG Fly-In (Stan) 2. 09:59 AM - Fw: Update from The Clean 100 Octane Coalition (yourtcfg@aol.com) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 05:58:57 AM PST US From: "Stan" Subject: Commander-List: 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 ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 09:59:19 AM PST US Subject: Commander-List: Fwd: Update from The Clean 100 Octane Coalition From: yourtcfg@aol.com -----Original Message----- From: The Clean 100 Octane Coalition 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Other Matronics Email List Services ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post A New Message commander-list@matronics.com UN/SUBSCRIBE http://www.matronics.com/subscription List FAQ http://www.matronics.com/FAQ/Commander-List.htm Web Forum Interface To Lists http://forums.matronics.com Matronics List Wiki http://wiki.matronics.com Full Archive Search Engine http://www.matronics.com/search 7-Day List Browse http://www.matronics.com/browse/commander-list Browse Digests http://www.matronics.com/digest/commander-list Browse Other Lists http://www.matronics.com/browse Live Online Chat! http://www.matronics.com/chat Archive Downloading http://www.matronics.com/archives Photo Share http://www.matronics.com/photoshare Other Email Lists http://www.matronics.com/emaillists Contributions http://www.matronics.com/contribution ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- These Email List Services are sponsored solely by Matronics and through the generous Contributions of its members.