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India’s first military flight using Blended Bio-Jet Fuel

December 23 , 2018 2277 days 881 0
  • The Indian Air Force (IAF) flown India’s first military flight using Blended Bio-Jet Fuel on an An-32 transport aircraft in Chandigarh.
  • The project is a combined effort of IAF, DRDO (Defence Research and Development Organization), Directorate General Aeronautical Quality Assurance (DGAQA) and CSIR-Indian Institute of Petroleum (IIP).
  • The IAF has intended to fly the An-32 with 10 % bio jet fuel on January 26, 2019 Republic Day flypast.
  • This fuel is made from Jatropha oil sourced from Chhattisgarh Biodiesel Development Authority (CBDA) and then processed at CSIR-IIP, Dehradun.
  • Earlier in August 2018, Commercial airline SpiceJet flew country’s first ever bio-jet fuel-powered flight between Dehradun and Delhi.

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