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An "airport neighbourhood" where people can store their planes in their yard and taxi directly to the runway (lemmy.ml)

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[–] rexxit@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Worth noting that the amount of aviation fuel burned annually should make it a negligible contributer to environmental lead contamination compared to widespread automotive use (although I'm sure it contributes on airport grounds).

Edit: All the pilots I know want to use unleaded, and it was recently approved after being stuck in a bureaucratic nightmare process, but market forces may make it hard to adopt.