On board the 747-8F's record-breaking biofuel flight

Watch the engines churn and look into the flight deck as test pilots fly the new Boeing 747-8 Freighter on the first-ever transatlantic biofuel flight with a commercial jetliner. The airplane glided above the clouds, flying at Mach .85, one of the fastest cruising speeds for commercial airplanes. The successful flight marks a major environmental milestone for the aviation and fuels the hopes of an industry searching for an alternative answer to power growth.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• Boeing
• Paris Air Show 2011
• aviation
• biofuel
• environment
• innovation
• airplanes
• 747
• 747-8
• Freighter
• Atlantic Ocean
• transatlantic

[heine0085]

I like that he said "not competing with food resources" so we don't take food from animals or people. - happy flying and greetings from Denmark. The country of green thinking :)

[Erik0219]

Boeing cares about mother nature!

Boeing + Eco= <3

[communistjesus]

Polluting less and NOTTTTT worrying about conflicts in the MIDDLE EAST affecting the supply of fuel.. This is A GREAT DEVELOPMENT..

[lisalisalisalisa1111]

Hello, I was forwarded this by my parents, the Childs's. It is really neat to see someone who I have grown up hearing so many fond stories of!

Lisa Childs Harris

[Pilotguy251]

GO BOEING!!!!!!

[char1eston]

that is why i prefer boeing to airbus, airbus worked to make the largest plane, while boeing is looking into the future, ever since it helped win WWII,when airbus didnt even exist.

[frenchfrys12]

cool