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NASA starts flight tests for the development of alternative aircraft fuel

Palmdale, USA - The DC-8 of the space agency will be utilized to assess various blends

Together with its international partners the German Aerospace Center (DLR) and National Research Council of Canada (NRC), the American space agency NASA this week started a series of flight tests, which run through May 23, to gather critical data that may aid in the development of cleaner aircraft fuels. The operations over Palmdale, California, called Alternative Fuel Effects on Contrails and Cruise...

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Rome, Italy, 05/09/2014 18:33
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