31st December 2008, 07:26 AM
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Air NZ's Green Flight makes History
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/ar...ectid=10550110
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4:00AM Wednesday Dec 31, 2008
By Andrew Koubaridis
It was a history-making flight but it looked all very ordinary - and that's just how Air New Zealand wanted it.
The airline yesterday completed the world's first commercial aviation test flight using biofuel to power one of its Boeing 747-400's Rolls-Royce engines. The biofuel is a 50:50 blend of jatropha and Jet A1 fuel
The jatropha plant - which Air New Zealand sourced from Africa and India - produces seeds that contain inedible lipid oil, which is used to produce fuel.
Air New Zealand chief pilot Captain Dave Morgan told reporters and Air New Zealand staff by satellite phone that the flight was uneventful - and he couldn't have been more pleased.
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