Winds Of Change - Indian Air Force Flies Its First Biofuel-Powered Military Aircraft AN-32
In a first a test pilot and engineer of the Indian Air Force flew the AN-32 aircraft using biofuel. The sortie began from Chandigarh on December 17 The project is a combined effort of the IAF Defence Research and Development Organisation DRDO and Indian Institute of Petroleum.
In a first, a test pilot and engineer of the Indian Air Force flew the AN-32 aircraft using biofuel. The sortie began from Chandigarh on December 17. The project is a combined effort of the IAF, Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), the Directorate General Aeronautical Quality Assurance (DGAQA) and Indian Institute of Petroleum.
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"The IAF carried out extensive engine tests on the ground. This is now followed by flight trials using 10 per cent bio-jet blended ATF. This fuel is made from Jatropha oil sourced from Chattisgarh Biodiesel Development Authority (CBDA) and then processed at CSIR-IIP, Dehradun," the IAF said in a statement.
This fuel is made from Jatropha oil sourced from Chattisgarh Biodiesel Development Authority (CBDA) & then processed at CSIR-IIP, Dehradun. IAF intends to fly An-32 aircraft using biojet fuel on 26 Jan 2019, in the Republic Day flypast. pic.twitter.com/iH65muEpLh
¡ª Indian Air Force (@IAF_MCC) December 17, 2018
The project is a combined effort of IAF, DRDO, Directorate General Aeronautical Quality Assurance (DGAQA) & CSIR-Indian Institute of Petroleum.
¡ª Indian Air Force (@IAF_MCC) December 17, 2018
On 27Jul 2018, The CAS ACM BS Dhanoa, announced IAF¡¯s intention to promote biojet fuels.
The IAF plans to fly a biofuel-powered AN-32 aircraft on January 26, 2019, at the grand celebration of Republic Day.
