How The First Unleaded High-Octane Avgas Was Created

George Braly (seated) and Tim Roehl of GAMI
George Braly (seated) and Tim Roehl of GAMI.
Credit: GAMI
It wasn’t supposed to happen this way, but then again, George Braly goes his own way. Always has. When an older brother, a fledgling private pilot, took him aloft briefly, young George saw his future clearly, or so it seemed. While helping his father work their 3,800-acre cattle ranch outside tiny...

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