Well I did just a little research and at http://flightaware.com/live/aircrafttype/ They have a listing of planes flying in real time. The list is just for larger airplanes and at the time i write this it is a total of 2246 planes in the air. Count Code Aircraft Type
339 B737 Boeing 737-700 252 B752 Boeing 757-200 248 A320 Airbus A320 238 CRJ2 Canadair Regional Jet CRJ-200 206 B738 Boeing 737-800 180 E145 Embraer ERJ-145 175 A319 Airbus A319 150 B763 Boeing 767-300 130 B744 Boeing 747-400 116 B733 Boeing 737-300 111 CRJ7 Canadair Regional Jet CRJ-700 104 B772 Boeing 777-200
A 747 burns an avreage of about 10,000 POUNDS per hour that is about equal to 1000 gal per hour
assuming the planes never stop then that is 24,000 gal per day per plane. 53,904,000 gal per day to keep all the planes in the air 24/7
at 50 gal per day per acre thats 1,078,080 acres
The everglades national park is 1.5 million acres so look at the map below and you can see how small the area of land is that would be required to power those planes.
Biofuel Algae Airplane Finishes First Flight by: Ian Andrew
jan8-airplane Biofuel Algae Airplane Finishes First FlightToday, BBC News is reporting that, for the first time, a US Biofuel Airplane has finished a 90 minute flight, powered by algae. This is the first in a series of tests completed by aircraft makers in an attempt to start using biofuels in standard flights in a few years. The aircraft used was a Continental Boeing 737-800 twin-engine commercial aircraft, with one of its engines using a blend of 50-50 biofuel and normal aircraft fuel. The plane took off from Houston, flew over the Gulf of Mexico, practiced a mid-flight engine shut down, and landed safely back again in Houston. Officials say the test went better than they had expected, and shows that biofuels are definitely on their way to powering airplanes in the near future.
Boeing: BioFuel Airplanes To Take Flight in 3 Years by: Ian Andrew
Airplane BioFuelHere’s a nice resolution for this story we ran a few days ago: airplane emissions may be cut drastically in a few years. Boeing announced yesterday that within three years their airplanes could be fueling up with biofuels. The approval for the commercial use of biofuel is coming together much quickly than previously anticipated, according to Boeing environmental experts. The funny thing is, the problem isn’t adapting the planes to run on alternate fuel - it’s harvesting enough plant material to create the fuel. To fill up 13,000 commercial jets with soya-bean based fuel would require farmland equivalent in size to Europe for production. So, is it actually a good thing for planes to switch to biofuel? I’m not sure. But, if such a staggering statistic doesn’t make you wonder about the efficiency of biofuels, I’m not sure what will.
Japan Airlines Finishes Biofuel Test Flight by: Ian Andrew
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