Trailed by NASA’s DC-8 Airborne Science Laboratory (not pictured), the 737-10 flies in atmospheric conditions suitable for the generation of contrail ice particles using each type of fuel.
Credit: Paul Weatherman/Boeing
Contrail cirrus—the persistent cloud created by jet aircraft exhaust—is thought to contribute more than half of aviation’s warming effect on climate. Now, high over the Pacific Northwest, Boeing and NASA are working together to investigate the impact of sustainable aviation fuel on their formation...
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