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The world’s first civil jet powered entirely by unblended biofuel flew Monday into the skies of this Canadian capital city, said authorities. It could mark a paradigm shift. Canada’s National Research Council (NRC), an agency of the federal government, organised the initiative and called it “a major milestone for the aviation industry”, reported Xinhua. The biofuel was used in the engine of the Falcon 20, one of the council’s specially equipped jets. A second aircraft, the T-33, tailed the Falcon in flight and collected information on the emissions generated by the biofuel. NRC experts would analyze the data to understand… continue reading