On June 20th, a Boeing 747-8 Freighter landed at Paris Le Bourget Airport, completing a historic biofuel-powered transatlantic flight. This marks the first time that a sizable commercial airplane crossed the Atlantic Ocean with all of its engines burning a somewhat sustainable aviation jet fuel.
The unmodified Boeing 747-8, piloted by captains Keith Otsuka, Rick Braun and Sten Rossby, flew from Everett, WA to Le Bourget with all four of its General Electric GEnx-2B engines powered by a blend of 15 percent camelina-based biofuel mixed in with 85 percent traditional kerosene Jet A fuel.
This particular 747-8 was the fourth of five Boeing commercial jets to arrive at the Paris Air Show and was displayed June 21 and 22. After the show, the 747-8 was handed over to Cargolux - one of the world's leading cargo transport airlines.
[Source: Boeing]
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