'Fossil fuel free flying': RAF completes first flight with synthetic fuel

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Formula One engineer and co-founder of Zero Petroleum Paddy Lowe shows Group Captain Peter “Willy” Hackett the synthetic fuel the aircraft is run on | Credit:Zero Petroleum
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Formula One engineer and co-founder of Zero Petroleum Paddy Lowe shows Group Captain Peter “Willy” Hackett the synthetic fuel the aircraft is run on | Credit:Zero Petroleum

A partnership between the RAF and Zero Petroleum has resulted in the first flight using 100 per cent synthetic fuel

A Royal Air Force plane has completed the first flight to be fully powered by 100 per cent synthetic fuel, British synthetic fuel company Zero Petroleum today announced. An Ikarus C42 aircraft piloted...

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