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Boeing, NASA, United ecoDemonstrator Tests of SAF Benefits

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Boeing, NASA, United Airlines To Test SAF Benefits with Air-to-Air Flights To strengthen sustainability in aviation, Boeing [NYSE: BA] is partnering with NASA and United Airlines for ecoDemonstrator in-flight testing to measure how sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) affects contrails and non-carbon emissions and reduce the fuel’s life cycle climate impact.… 

Boeing’s MD-90 aircraft flies from Victorville California to Palmdale, California on August 15, 2023. This aircraft will be NASA’s future Sustainable Flight Demonstrator. Modifications to the aircraft will include changes to the fuselage and most notably the use of a transonic truss-braced wing.

Boeing, NASA’s X-66A Aircraft Heads for Mods

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Boeing has transported an MD-90 airplane to the designated location for modifications as part of an experiment for the Transonic Truss-Braced Wing (TTBW) configuration, a project under NASA’s Sustainable Flight Demonstrator initiative. See the video.