Boeing, ANA Celebrate First 787 Biofuel Flight
EVERETT, Wash., April 17, 2012 – Boeing [NYSE: BA] and All Nippon Airways (ANA) made aviation history today as a 787 Dreamliner flew for the first time powered in part by sustainable biofuels. The delivery flight between Boeing’s Delivery Center in Everett, Wash. and Tokyo Haneda Airport is also the first ever transpacific biofuel flight.
Pictured here is the 787 Dreamliner with a fuel crew loading the airplane with sustainable biofuel.
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