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NASA is experimenting with a biofuel from chicken fat on the DC-8 aircraft
Milan, Italy - Cleaner fuels that release less polluting substances into the atmosphere
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Between late March and early April at the Dryden Flight Research Center in California, NASA has carried on an engine of a DC-8, a four-engine airliner and freighter produced by Douglas Aircraft Company U.S. around the sixties, testing on the ground with a biofuel derived from chicken fat and beef. The experiment was called Aafex (Alternative Aviation Fuels Experiment). From the technical tests and...
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AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency