fuel
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Uçak Yakıtı O Kadar Ucuzladı ki Gemilerde Kullanılmaya Başlandı
Uçuş sayılarının daha önce hiç görülmemiş bir biçimde azalması, Jet A1 şeklinde adlandırılan uçak yakıtına talebi düşürdü. Bunun doğal bir sonucu olarak, Jet A1’in fiyatı ciddi bir biçimde ucuzladı. Ocak ayında varili 70 USD olan uçak yakıtı, Mayıs başında 20 USD’ye kadar geriledi. İş bu hâle gelince, stoklarda kalan Jet A1, üzerinde gerekli dönüştürme işlemi…
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Why do pilots dump fuel?
by Captain Joe Today’s video will all be about the fuel jettison procedure, or better known as “FUEL DUMPING”. Why do pilots dump costly fuel overboard, after you have just paid for it as a passenger? And what a terrible pollution of the environment! So pilots have to have a good enough reason why they…
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What is Biofuel?
Phil breaks down everything you need to know about Sustainable Aviation Biofuel.
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How does the Airbus Fuel System work?
Today’s video will all be about the fuel system on the Airbus A320. The A320 Fuel system consists of the fuel tanks, controls the distribution of fuel during refuelling, supplies fuel to the engines and APU, cools the oil for the Integrated Drive Generator lubrication system, keeps fuel in the outer wing for wing bending…
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Do Airliners refuel for every flight?
by Captain Joe Have you ever asked yourself how often does an airliner refuel? Do airliners only carry so much fuel the need for one flight or more flights? You immediately think about your maximum weight of your hand luggage you are allowed to bring on your flight. So why would a plane carry tons…
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SpaceX uses a different rocket fuel from anyone else
For nearly a year, SpaceX has been trying out something new: super-cooling the liquid oxygen (LOX) which is a key ingredient in rocket fuel. It’s called deep-cryo LOX, and the idea has been around since NASA began designing rockets in the first half of the 20th century. But no one has had the guts to…
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Can you solve the airplane riddle?
Professor Fukanō, the famous scientist, has embarked on a new challenge – piloting around the world in a plane of his own design. There’s just one problem: there’s not enough fuel to complete the journey. Luckily, there are two other planes to help. Can you help the professor fly for the whole trip and achieve…
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How much fuel does a jet airplane need?
Today Captain Joe will be answering a question on “How much fuel does a jet airplane need?”. But more regarding trip fuel, contingency fuel, alternate fuel, extra fuel, final reserve and taxi fuel. This is a basic guideline on fuel figures and fuel planning of any commercial jet airplane. How much fuel jet airplanes eventually…
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United – Biofuel Initiative at LAX
United is a leader in the advancement and use of sustainable aviation biofuel, making history in commercial aviation with its partnership with AltAir Paramount to bring commercial-scale, cost-competitive renewable jet fuel to its Los Angeles hub. United Flight 708 from Los Angeles International Airport to San Francisco International Airport on Friday, March 11, 2016, was…
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easyJet’s plane of the future
European airline, easyJet, has unveiled plans for a revolutionary zero emissions hydrogen fuel system for its aircraft which it claims could save around 50,000 tonnes of fuel and the associated CO2 emissions per year. A trial of the technology is set to take place later in 2016. The airline has taken inspiration from students at…
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Boeing and South African Airways Turning Tobacco into Jet Fuel
Less than six months after Boeing and South African Airways (SAA) announced their plans to turn “energy tobacco” into sustainable aviation biofuel, farmers in South Africa’s Limpopo province are harvesting their first crop of a nicotine-free, energy-rich tobacco plant.
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ILA Berlin 2012 – Alternative fuels strategy