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Virgin Boeing 747 Runs on BioFuel
For the first time in history a commercial airliner, a Virgin Airlines Boeing 747, was flown with a biofuel and kerosene mixture. The airplane was successful in a test flight between London and Amsterdam. Because this was a test flight, there were no passengers on board.
Richard Branson, Chief of Virgin Group, explains this situation as, [...]
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Flying Throughout History
Since the days when Orville and Wilbur Wright jumped into the first real airplane, man has come up with some highly interesting, if not imaginative, airplane designs. From simple jet packs strapped to the back to huge multi-winged monstrosities, the airplane has seen it all. Here are just a few of the inventive ways man [...]
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