Virgin Flies Biofueled Jet

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Virgin Atlantics 747 takes off at Londons Heathrow Airport headed for Amsterdam for the first Bio-fuel flight by an airline from Britain Sunday Feb. 24 2008 (AP PhotoPA Steve Parsons)
Virgin Atlantic's 747 takes off at London's Heathrow Airport headed for Amsterdam for the first Bio-fuel flight by an airline from Britain, Sunday Feb. 24, 2008 (AP Photo/PA, Steve Parsons)

(AP) -- Virgin Atlantic carried out the world's first flight of a commercial aircraft powered with biofuel on Sunday in an effort to show it can produce less carbon dioxide than normal jet fuels.


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