Jaco Verpoorte regularly visited the electronics shop where his mother worked as a teenager. This is where he saw a radio amateur using his equipment to communicate over long distances without wires for the first time. “These were the seventies.…
He’s a mathematician, a chess player and the father of three children: meet Johan Kos, a principal R&D engineer principal with NLR, the Netherlands Aerospace Centre. Close on thirty years ago, he made the switch from the academic world to…
Boeing, NASA, and United Airlines are joining forces in the green energy arena, conducting in-flight tests using 100% sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). The ecoDemonstrator Explorer, a Boeing 737-10 aircraft, is set to fly with separate tanks of SAF and conventional…
Jos Vankan is a principal scientist at the Royal Netherlands Aerospace Centre (NLR). When he’s not at work, you’ll often find him on the water with his kite. “That’s when it all comes together, you know? I sometimes say that…
Jet2 has invested in a new sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production plant, Fulcrum NorthPoint, being developed by Fulcrum BioEnergy in the North West of England. The equity stake investment will allow Jet2 to receive over 200 million litres of SAF…
The Royal Air Force and Airbus have carried out the world’s first hundred percent Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) flight in UK airspace, writes the aircraft manufacturer in a press release. An RAF Voyager, the military variant of the Airbus A330…
Initial findings from a world-first study of the impact of 100% sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) on both engines of a commercial jet have provided promising early results, writes the University of Manchester in a press release. The ECLIF3 study, involving Airbus, Rolls-Royce,…
Though the pandemic has slowed the global airline industry, it has also provided a pause for how to re-approach flying in a way that is environmentally conscious. Sustainable Aviation Fuels (SAFs), or fuels created from, among others, non-edible biomass, provide…
What will aerospace vehicles look like in the future? And how can we ensure these new vehicles meet social and economic needs? New research, such as the one on hydrogen-powered planes, is looking into how to make aircraft more sustainable.…
The cost of climate damage due to the use of fossil fuels in aviation in Europe through to 2050 outstrips the cost of a rapid switch to sustainable fuels.