Head for Points: "On Wednesday, Virgin Atlantic published the scientific findings from the innovative ‘Flight100’ SAF test flight it operated in November last year."
"One key feature of Flight100 is that it required no modifications to the aircraft, engines or any other aspect of flight. It was treated as a normal, commercial operation and held to all the same safety standards. The only difference was that the fuel used came from waste sources rather than virgin fossil fuels."
Notable Highlights From The Report
The test flight was completed on a Boeing 787-9 with Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 engines. The data was compared to that of a flight on this aircraft with traditional fuel. This is how the sustainable fuel flight performed:
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