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Key Takeaways:

  • A B-2 bomber crashed on takeoff at Andersen Air Force Base in Guam, with both pilots ejecting; the Air Force has not released details on the cause.
  • Flight recorders have been recovered from a Venezuelan airliner crash in the Andes that killed all 46 people aboard.
  • Virgin Atlantic conducted a biofuel test flight to demonstrate the viability of biofuels in commercial aircraft, an event environmental groups dismissed as irrelevant due to projected growth in air travel.
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The Air Force is not releasing any details about the potential cause of the crash of a B-2 bomber at Andersen Air Force Base on Guam Saturday. The aircraft crashed on takeoff and both pilots ejected …

The flight recorders have been recovered from a Venezuelan airliner that crashed in the Andes last week. All 46 people aboard the ATR 42 died …

In an oddly ironic publicity event on Sunday, Virgin Atlantic Airlines loaded five people and a tank full of coconut and babassu oil [one of four] aboard a Boeing 747 for 90-minute flight to show that biofuels will work on commercial aircraft. Environmental groups dismissed the flight as irrelevant since even if the whole airline industry ran on obscure oils, the growth in air travel would wipe out any environmental gains within 10 years.

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