Posted on 04/01/2022 12:34:05 PM PDT by Red Badger
The Airbus A380 recently completed its first flight on 100 percent sustainable fuelAirbus VIEW 1 IMAGES
As part of a broader push on part of the aviation industry to reduce its carbon footprint, Airbus has conducted the first ever flight of its giant A380 jumbo jet using 100 percent biofuel. This is the third Airbus aircraft to fly using the sustainable fuel made up of primarily cooking oil, as the company works to certify the technology by the end of the decade.
The aircraft featured in the groundbreaking flight is the Airbus ZEROe Demonstrator, an A380 adapted for use as a flying testbed and one the company plans to also use to test out hydrogen combustion jet engines.
For this particular outing, the aircraft was loaded up with 27 tonnes of Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF), made mostly with cooking oil and waste fats. This powered the A380's Rolls-Royce Trent 900 engine across a three-hour test flight out of the Blagnac Airport in Toulouse France on March 28, with a second flight then carrying it all the way to Nice Airport on March 29.
This demonstration follows successful flights of the Airbus A350 and the Airbus A319neo single-aisle plane using SAF last year. Using the biofuel to now power the world's largest passenger jet marks another step forward for the testing program, as Airbus aspires to bring the world's first zero-emission aircraft to market by 2035.
Airbus isn't alone in pursuing cleaner aviation with the help of cooking oil. Way back in 2012, Boeing made the first biofuel-powered Pacific crossing in its 787 Dreamliner using a mix of regular jet fuel and fuel derived mainly from cooking oil. In 2014, it even opened up a biofuel production plant in China based to ensure a consistent supply.
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Was the cooking oil new or used?
“Airbus has conducted the first ever flight of its giant A380 jumbo jet using 100 percent biofuel. This is the third Airbus aircraft to fly using the sustainable fuel made up of primarily cooking oil”
With the world facing food shortages for the next two years...
mostly with cooking oil and waste fats.................I assume used, but they didn’t say................
Can’t take the airline, darlin’. Not enough people have been ordering French Fries....
Were the passengers informed before, during, or after the flight that their jet was running on an experimental fuel?
Let me guess...they used 120 tons of fossil fuel to make 100 tons of “biofuel” and used up a thousand acres of prime farm land doing it.
That is a very important distinction.
So what is the carbon footprint required to produced all of the biomass necessary to generate enough jet fuel to keep the airlines flying?
Just asking for a friend.
It’s teh glycerin. It must be removed for modern engines with piezo injectors. Old mechanical injectors it didn’t bother....................
There’s probably sufficient supply of used cooking oil and waste fats to power a couple of jets for a month at best.
Just because something CAN be done doesn’t mean it SHOULD be done.
Would probably have to farm an area the size of Africa..........
I was thinking the same thing.
I’m other news, the price of Wesson oil just quadtruped for no apparent reason. More news at ten.
“Let me guess...they used 120 tons of fossil fuel to make 100 tons of “biofuel” and used up a thousand acres of prime farm land doing it.”
good guess ... though i suspect it was much more than 120 tons of fossil fuel to make a 100 tons of vegetable oil ...
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