Now Airplane to run on CNG
Opening a new door for cheaper and cleaner alternative to gasoline, an American company has introduced its first plane to fly on CNG as well as conventional airline fuel.
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Opening a new door for cheaper and cleaner alternative to gasoline, an American company has introduced its first plane to fly on CNG as well as conventional airline fuel.
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Some of the key features of Aviat Aircraft Husky A-1C as reported by Mr. Stuart Horn, CEO Aviat Aircraft are:
1. Dual Fuel
2. 100LL/100 Octane on gasoline
3. 138 Octane on CNG
4. Transfers from Low Lead fuel to CNG simply by pulling of a lever and turning on a switch.
5. CNG has significant advantages over conventional fuels in terms of service, maintenance, operational cost, and performance.
6. Exhaust temperature at a given fuel-flow equivalent, it is 30 degrees cooler.
7. 1 Gallon per hour more efficiency
8. Contaminants which are common in 100LL (Low lead) fuel such as lead and other chemicals, there is no lead or chemicals like that in CNG.
9. Environmentally its very friendly.
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The news has been spreading like a wildfire within the natural gas community and technology enthusiast. Some of the notable tweets that caught our attention are listed below:
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Aviat Aircraft’s Stu Horn brought an aircraft to AirVenture 2013 that burns traditional aviation fuel (100LL) and… fb.me/2xI2WN2Nn
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American firm debuts first airplane to run on natural gas: Aviat Aircraft
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Aviat Aircraft debuts first airplane to run on natural gas bit.ly/16HQIdm via @WIRED
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USA: Aviat Unveils First CNG Aircraft goo.gl/fb/iC4wQ
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Other notable mentions from people on Facebook and Google plus are here, have a look and let us know in the comments section below, what do you think about the future of airplanes with CNG?
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Aviat Aircraft has introduced the first airplane able to run on both standard aviation fuel and compressed natural gas, finally allowing the aviation industry to use some of that cheap, bountiful fuel made right here in the U.S. of A.
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Aviat Introduces Dual-Fuel Husky CNG | Flying Magazine
3 days ago … Proof-of-concept airplane can be flown on compressed natural gas. -
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American firm Aviat Aircraft has introduced the first airplane that can run on both standard aviation…
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Airplane manufacturer Aviat Aircraft, Inc. and Minneapolis-based Aviation Foundation of America, Inc. announced the scheduled unveiling of the first dual fuel, piston powered aircraft to operate on both CNG and aviation gasoline.
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Avgas costs nearly $6 per gallon these days, and the lead-enriched petroleum-based fuel is highly, highly toxic. So, why not build a plane that runs on low-emission, high-octane CNG? Aviat has done just that, and they’ve released their new, clean-burning aircraft at the Oshkosh 2013 aviation show!
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Great proof of concept for a CNG aircraft. Not sure I like the Bi-Fuel option though…too much weight…
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“Aviat, Aviation Foundation unveil concept CNG-fueled single-engine aircraft” feedly.com/k/13nTpCh…
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