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Old 2nd January 2009, 04:16 PM
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747 Test Flight with Jatropha oil!

Air New Zealand's tested biofuel flight on one of the 747. The airline used a 50-50 mix of jet fuel and jatropha tree oil in one of its four engines.
Jatropha Oil Fuels Air New Zealand Flight - Luxist
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Re: 747 Test Flight with Jatropha oil!

Thats awsome.

I'm hanging for the biodiesel helicopter, however.
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Re: 747 Test Flight with Jatropha oil!

why only helicopter??? are you a pilot or something?
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Re: 747 Test Flight with Jatropha oil!

No mate just @$%$@&* loaded, quicker to heli everywhere then drive.
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Re: 747 Test Flight with Jatropha oil!

ha ha! i was expecting some technically correct answer... anyways i liked it
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Re: 747 Test Flight with Jatropha oil!

New Zealanders see the sun before everyone else, Responsible for Man's First Powered Flight and now powering flight with bio fuel awesome.
They were first to make biodiesel from sewage NZ firm makes bio-diesel from sewage in world first

What next????? Go the Kiwi's :-)

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Re: 747 Test Flight with Jatropha oil!

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No mate just @$%$@&* loaded, quicker to heli everywhere then drive.

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Re: 747 Test Flight with Jatropha oil!

Dont forget the worlds fastest Indian came from the land of the long white cloud. And nobody said what fuel it used
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Re: 747 Test Flight with Jatropha oil!

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New Zealanders see the sun before everyone else, Responsible for Man's First Powered Flight and now powering flight with bio fuel awesome.
They were first to make biodiesel from sewage NZ firm makes bio-diesel from sewage in world first
What next????? Go the Kiwi's :-)
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