Germany’s D328 Flies On 100% Power-To-Liquid Fuel

Deutsche Aircraft

Synthetic fuel flown in the D328 is a chemically identical proxy for power-to-liquid sustainable aviation fuel.

Credit: DLR
Deutsche Aircraft and German aerospace center DLR have flown for the first time the D328 UpLift testbed, a twin-turboprop regional aircraft powered by 100% power-to-liquid synthetic fuel. The Oct. 16 flight from Oberpfaffenhofen Airport, near Munich, was the first by a large aircraft certified under...
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