Sentences with phrase «with aviation fuel»

United Airlines recently purchased a refinery to supply its planes with aviation fuel made entirely from municipal solid waste and Alaska Airlines, Southwest Airlines and British Airways have announced plans to begin using biofuels in the next two to five years.

Not exact matches

With an ultimate feedstock capacity of one million barrels a day and «near net zero» emissions, the refinery would produce high - margin products such as kerosene and aviation fuel for the Asian market.

The party's leftist, post-material and socially liberal stance is well - known, and emphasises policies such as opposition to economic austerity and to PFIs to fund public services; higher marginal rates of income tax for the wealthy; a «living wage» for all; and the replacement of VAT with «eco-taxes» such as aviation fuel tax.

Unfortunately, I am having a difficult time reconciling the green washing of her campaign with my understanding her lifestyle is supported by revenues of the Bluesky Ranch and its year - long, continuous consumption of aviation fuels for purposes of recreational skydiving.

That amount is only a drop in the bucket compared with the 65 billion gallons of fuel the aviation industry uses worldwide each year, but it is a start, the executives said.

Specifically, Doug Rodante, president of Green Flight International (a company in Florida that promotes alternative aviation fuels), and chief test pilot Carol Sugars, a senior pilot with the United Parcel Service (UPS), conducted extensive fuel tests on the ground, beginning with a 20 percent blend of biodiesel and normal jet fuel (kerosene known as Jet A) and progressing to 100 percent biodiesel (B100) as their confidence increased.

And then there is Lincoln Beachey, perhaps the greatest aviator who ever lived, who dazzled crowds with an array of trademark twists and dives — and best embodied the romance with death that fueled so many of aviation's earliest heroes.

According to Congressional Budget Office data, more than 90 percent of aviation excise taxes came from taxing passenger air fares, with the remaining coming from taxes on air cargo and aviation fuels.

They sailed form the port of Los Angeles (San Pedro) on October 8, 1945 with a cargo of aviation fuel.

The company is also active in studying the use of biofuel and has partnered with AltAirFuels, a producer of sustainable aviation biofuel, to implement renewable jet fuel at its Los Angeles hub later this year.

More from The Guardian: «Sarah Evans, vice-president for communications at the X Prize Foundation, said that the foundation would bring together experts in the aviation and green technology sectors, including representatives from the Federal Aviation Authority's commercial aviation alternative fuel initiative, to hammer out the exact details of the competition, with the aim of announcing final plans in summer next year.

The fuel blend meets aviation and military safety, environmental, and performance standards, and unlike most biodiesel, it can be mixed with petroleum - based fuel and transported in existing pipelines.

Aviation gasoline (finished): A complex mixture of relatively volatile hydrocarbons with or without small quantities of additives, blended to form a fuel suitable for use in aviation reciprocating engines.

The product alkylate, an isoparaffin, has high octane value and is blended with motor and aviation gasoline to improve the antiknock value of the fuel.

We return to the questions posed earlier: with fuel costs already their single largest expense, why should fuel price increases spur changes in shipping and aviation designs, equipment and practices?

Can you find some Law that can be applied in the case of airplanes using fuels with confidential formulas, only because these fuels are in use by military (but are also being used in civil aviation)?

The Air Force is calling for half its domestic aviation needs to be satisfied with biofuels by 2016 (see «Green Shades of Jet Fuel» below).

The report concludes with priority policy action steps to create a sustainable aviation fuel industry in the Northwest.

Sustainable Aviation Fuels: Powering the Next Generation of Flight in the Northwest (2011) Reflecting the perspectives of more than forty stakeholders involved with Sustainable Aviation Fuels Northwest, this report assesses current trends in aviation fuels and supply chains in the context of regional biomass technologies and feedstFuels: Powering the Next Generation of Flight in the Northwest (2011) Reflecting the perspectives of more than forty stakeholders involved with Sustainable Aviation Fuels Northwest, this report assesses current trends in aviation fuels and supply chains in the context of regional biomass technologies and feedstFuels Northwest, this report assesses current trends in aviation fuels and supply chains in the context of regional biomass technologies and feedstfuels and supply chains in the context of regional biomass technologies and feedstocks.

Shipping, which uses particularly dirty oil, could be improved with technology, but for aviation there is currently no reduction strategy or alternative fuel.

Airports and carriers have invested countless millions in tanks, pipelines, and under - tarmac fuel delivery, so jet biofuels must be compatible with petroleum - based kerosene, able to mix with the existing fuel supply, and be used interchangeably in existing aircraft — which makes them «drop - in fuels» in the argot of aviation experts.

To make aviation fuels from biomass, PNNL researchers are crafting catalytic zeolites with wider «lanes» to prevent molecular crashes and extend the life of catalysts designed to turn bio-oil to fuel.

Biofuels present the aviation industry with a convenient blind alley, facilitating the industry's expansion plans and avoiding pressure to reduce their fuel use and diverting political attention from the real need to cut air travel in order to reduce climate change.

While most sectors can replace fossil fuels with other sources, this is not the case for aviation.

With FIDO operational, Guy worked on a number of different projects, including research on the efficiency of fuel cells, research on German aviation fuel as inferred from the spectrographic analysis of aircraft exhaust, not to mention the design and testing of fuel baffles, experimental forest - clearing devices, and fuel propellant systems (including flamethrowers — an application the pacifically - minded Guy must have disliked.)

This partnership to produce a next generation, low - carbon aviation fuel is a major step towards radically reducing our carbon footprint... With oil running out, it is important that new fuel solutions are sustainable and, with the steel industry alone able to deliver over 15 billion gallons of jet fuel annually, the potential is very excitWith oil running out, it is important that new fuel solutions are sustainable and, with the steel industry alone able to deliver over 15 billion gallons of jet fuel annually, the potential is very excitwith the steel industry alone able to deliver over 15 billion gallons of jet fuel annually, the potential is very exciting.

With those remarks at the heart of his State of the Union address - and a 2012 Budget proposal to back them up - President Obama drew a line in the sand and articulated a vision of American economic renewal fueled by key investments in the kind of public - private partnership that brought us the railroads and jet aviation, microchips and the Internet, countless biomedical breakthroughs and a portfolio of clean energy alternatives.

This tax refund case set the precedent in the interpretation and construction of local Philippine taxation laws on imposition of excise taxes to aviation fuel purchased by international carriers for consumption outside the Philippines and its treaty obligations arising from the Chicago Convention and various bilateral air service agreements with other countries.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE AMERICAN AIRLINES, Bethany Beach, DE Mar 2012 — Present Pilot • Successfully thwart a potential terrorist attack from one of the passengers while onboard, by recognizing the signs and alerting the authorities before landing time • Maneuver the aircraft away from harm by avoiding the path of a hurricane which descended without warning • Manage pre-flight checks of instruments and engines to ensure compliance with set aviation rules • Ascertain that all safety systems are up and running and that any glitches are taken care of • Determine best route to reach destinations based on weather reports and other concrete information from air traffic controllers • Oversee fueling duties to ensure that they are properly being carried out • Prepare aircraft for take - off and communicate status of flight to crewmembers and passengers • Monitor in - flight data and make adjustments to deal with changing weather patterns • Handle flight emergencies by ensuring passenger safety first and ensure that no panic is created onboard • Create flight plans detailing altitude, routes and amount of fuel needed • Communicate with ground staff to obtain clearance for landing • Ascertain that noise regulation is handled properly during take - off and landing

Serviced and handled corporate and private jets, assisted flight crews with aircraft charter flights, and performed fuel and aviation related equipment quality control checks