Damn it all to hell. My friend just bought a Moyes Dragonfly <http://www.liteflite.com.au/> and I had a half baked notion to put a LIM cycle engine <http://www.limtechnology.com/Pages/concept.htm> on it and make the claim to be the first to go flying on biodiesel! Well I'm glad the wheels are in motion even if I can't be first. :-)
Joe Dawie Coetzee wrote: >They can keep their 747's, but I'm thinking what can be done with a >time-expired Allison 250-series... -D > > >----- Original Message ---- >From: Bruno M. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: biofuel@sustainablelists.org >Sent: Tuesday, 2 October, 2007 4:27:03 PM >Subject: [Biofuel] 747 on biofuel > > >FYI: >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7017694.stm > >Biofuel trial flight set for 747 >By Richard Black Environment correspondent, BBC News website > >Air New Zealand says it plans to mount the first test flight of a >commercial airliner >partially powered by biofuel. > > The 747 flight, scheduled for 2008 or 2009, will not carry passengers > >The 747 flight is one part of a deal signed by the airline, >engine producer Rolls-Royce and aircraft manufacturer Boeing to >research "greener" flying. > >One of the four engines will run on a mixture of kerosene and a biofuel, >and is set for late 2008 or early 2009. > >But Virgin Atlantic is planning to beat Air New Zealand to the punch >by having its own biofuel flight early next year. > >Air New Zealand's chief executive Rob Fyfe said that advances in technology >had made biofuels a viable possibility for use in aviation sooner >than anticipated. > >The New Zealand government recently declared the objective of >becoming carbon neutral, >and climate change and energy minister David Parker said the national >airline's initiative would help achieve that goal. > >"I'm delighted that Air New Zealand has taken the lead by signing up >for the first commercial trial of a biofuelled... aircraft," he said. > >The partnership gave no details of the type of biofuel to be used, >but said that the test flight will not carry passengers. > >... more, see link ... >=============================================================== > > > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: /pipermail/attachments/20071002/d22a41e1/attachment.html _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainablelorgbiofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (70,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
