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BioJet sets new record; Air New Zealand announces Dec. date for 747-400 biofuel flight

A year ago, the Biojet I made a successful flight over Nevada using 100 percent biodiesel. This week, Green Flight International is back with the announcement that the BioJet I, an old L-29 military aircraft, flew across the U.S. burning pure biodiesel. Well, 1,776 miles of the 2,486-mile trip were on B100, the rest were on a 50/50 blend of biodiesel and standard jet fuel. This sets the stage for the BioJet I's round-the-world biodiesel flight sometime next year. The other good story this week concerning biofuel flights comes from Air New ... Read more →

Airlines raise prices to cover rising cost of fuel Jeremy Korzeniewski

Yes, the price of a gallon of gas has risen considerably in the past year. How, though, would you feel if the increase had been ninety percent? That would put a dent in your pocketbook, right? That's ...

Boeing fuel cells up in the air Domenick Yoney

Fuel cells seem to be everywhere from Suzuki motorcycles to the Honda FCX Clarity and now Boeing has them literally taking off. Of course, it's not the first time a fuel cell has been off the ground ...

Quantum and Boeing join forces to develop hydrogen storage technology Xavier Navarro

Quantum Fuel Systems has announced that the U. S. Department of Energy has selected their project to develop next-generation hydrogen storage tanks with partner Boeing. Their target is to manufacture ...

John Travolta flies a hybrid Boeing jet? Lascelles Linton

Last night during the Oscar telecast, host Jon Stewart joked to the audience, "Whoever owns the Boeing 707 parked on La Brea Avenue, your landing lights are on." As actor/aviator John Travolta ran ...

eBay find of the day: Bradley GT powered by a jet engine 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Let's get this straight right off the bat: this is not a green car. But, since we've shown you Jay Leno's EcoJet, we thought that you might like to take a look at something along those same lines... only much, much cheaper! Like Leno's EcoJet, which is based on the underpinnings of a modern ...

NASA and Boeing announce the first flight of the X-48B Blended Wing Body 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Developed by Boeing with participation from NASA and built in England by Cranfield Aerospace Ltd, the X-48B was given its first flight tests yesterday, which it seems to have passed. The 500 pound "flying wing", which sports a 21 foot wingspan, was flown remotely by a pilot on the ground. The ...

First flight using biofuel to take off soon from Boeing and Air New Zealand 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Boeing and Air New Zealand (Air NZ) are finishing the last details to test a plane running on biofuels. The fuel is made up from algae that develop in sewers, with a patented process by Aquaflow Bionomic, a company from New Zealand. Should the project be successful, it would be the first time a ...

Boeing likes algae as a source for new biofuels 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Following up on the announcement from Virgin Fuels earlier in the week of their intention to work with Boeing to demonstrate biofuel in a 747-400. Now comes further information that Boeing considers algae as the best prospect as a source for aviation fuel. The aircraft manufacturer will be focusing ...

Boeing and Virgin Atlantic to work on biofuels for aircraft 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Boeing and Virgin Atlantic yesterday announced a deal for the airline to purchase 15 of the new 787-9 aircraft and form a new environmental partnership. The first 787 is expected to start final assembly in the next few weeks and will take to the skies for the first time later this year. It has been ...

Boeing and other partners create the first hydrogen fuel cell powered airplane 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Boeing is getting an early start on what it sees as a possible emerging market, that of hydrogen fuel cell powered electric airplanes. They have created an electric airplane which generates its electricity from a fuel cell. The machine is a standard propeller driven plane with a 53.5 foot wingspan ...

Big dollars for renewable military jet fuel research 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

The U.S. Department of Defense's (DoD's) Defense-Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded $5 million in funding to the Energy & Environmental Research Center (EERC) at the University of North Dakota to develop a bio-jet fuel for the U.S. military. The bio-jet fuel will need to be ...


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