DLR’s Dassault Falcon 20E (left) flew to within 330 ft. of the Airbus A350 (right) to measure emissions from its Rolls-Royce Trent engines.

Credit: DLR

Flights Confirm Contrail Reductions From 100% SAF Results from the first inflight study of emissions from a commercial aircraft using 100% sustainable aviation fuel in both engines, conducted in 2021, have confirmed a reduction in contrail formation compared with conventional fossil Jet A-1 fuel…

Graham Warwick

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