• Avgas

    Pronunciation

    • UK IPA: /ˈævˌɡæs/

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    av-gas

    Full definition of avgas

    Noun

    avgas

    (uncountable)
    1. gasoline fuel for piston-engined aircraft.
      • 1988, Kas Thomas, Fuel and oil systems: basic and advanced light plane maintenance, Cylinder cracks are nothing new, however, and there is no reason to expect autogas-burning engines to have a higher incidence of head cracking than avgas-users
      • 1994, Michael J. Kroes, Aircraft powerplants, In the area of autogas volatility, a Reid vapor pressure of 9.0 to 15 is very common, compared to the vapor pressure of avgas, which is 5.5 to 7
      • 2006, Autogas can be obtained for a fraction of the cost of avgas, but its use is not without controversy.

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