Stay updated with breaking news from Barbara esker. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.
New Member Spotlight – Barbara Esker aerosociety.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from aerosociety.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
autoevolution 14 Feb 2021, 9:30 UTC · by For a while now, the American space agency has been preoccupied not only with the exploration of space, but also with making air travel here on Earth faster, and at the same time more fuel-efficient. Its QueSST plane research, for instance, is being conducted to see if we can’t bring back civilian supersonic flight. 1 photo But there’s another project in the works, one called Hybrid Thermally Efficient Core (HyTEC). Its goal is the create a new generation of turbofan aircraft engines that can achieve up to four times the power extraction levels of today’s top engines, while at the same time burning up to 10 percent less fuel. ....
(Environmental and Energy Study Institute) Briefing Series: By Air, Land, and Sea: Navigating the Climate Future The Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI) held a briefing series on climate mitigation and adaptation in the transportation sector. The series covered ports, aviation, and public transit. As commercial aviation recovers from the COVID-19 contraction, it will be critical to foster strategies and policy to help the industry reduce its climate impact. In this briefing, we examined two of these strategies sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) and aircraft technology improvements. Rep. Julia Brownley (D-CA) delivered opening remarks. Chris Tindal of the Commercial Aviation Alternative Fuels Initiative (CAAFI) addressed the potential of low-carbon sustainable aviation fuels with life-cycle emissions substantially below conventional fossil-based jet fuel and the policy formula for scaling up the SAF industry. ....