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Old 11th Aug 2006, 13:43
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Originally Posted by soay
How they do it in America:
http://www.100ll.com/
With little price difference between 100LL and Jet A, I can see why they're not bothered about diesel engines.
In UK the Tax, duty, VAT on AVgas is the biggest element of the cost.
Avtur is effectively tax free.

Is there any logic to why avgas is taxed differently?
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