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Welcome to the Mile-High Club
Virgin Airlines flies first biofuel-powered plane, enviros unimpressed |
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25 Feb 2008 |
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| Posted at 1:12 PM on 25 Feb 2008 Like a virgin, the world's first biofuel-powered plane flew for the very first time from London to Amsterdam on Sunday. (Well, it was a little bit biofueled: One of the plane's four main tanks was filled 20 percent with coconut and babassu palm nut oil.) Virgin mogul Richard Branson celebrated his conquest, and deflected concerns about biofuels' bad rep by pointi ... |
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