Virgin plans biofuel flight
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Virgin Atlantic said it would conduct a demonstration flight next month of one of its Boeing 747 jets using biofuel – a renewable fuel. The 747-400 plane would make the one hour and 20 minute journey from London Heathrow Airport to Amsterdam in late February using 20% biofuel and 80% conventional jet fuel, New York Times reported. The test, without passengers, is part of a joint research project announced by Virgin, Boeing and the aircraft engine maker GE Aviation.
Virgin chief Richard Branson has also joined forces with Al Gore, the Nobel laureate and former US vice president, to finance aUS$25 million prize for finding an effective way of removing greenhouse gases from the atmosphere.
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