True, though they are more common than you think, there’s still thousands of flights daily across the U.S. and where I live its the only mode of transportation in/out of a lot of communities.
On thing that’s common though is a mod to allow the planes to run on car gas, 85 or better octane. That helps us and them (much cheaper) and a lot of modern small aircraft are moving to diesel piston engines like the Thielert engines.
Avgas is the last hold out for that, yes. But piston powered airplanes are becoming rarer and rarer.
True, though they are more common than you think, there’s still thousands of flights daily across the U.S. and where I live its the only mode of transportation in/out of a lot of communities. On thing that’s common though is a mod to allow the planes to run on car gas, 85 or better octane. That helps us and them (much cheaper) and a lot of modern small aircraft are moving to diesel piston engines like the Thielert engines.
Dieselpunk all the way!