As part of efforts to reduce its carbon footprint, the Indian Air Force (IAF) is looking to fly an AN-32 transport aircraft modified to operate on 10% blended biodiesel for 200 flight hours in the next six months, said Air Vice Marshal S. K. Jain, Assistant Chief of Air Force (maintenance plans).
The IAF AN-32 took flight on biodiesel blended with aviation turbine fuel (ATF) for the first time in December 2018.
“So far an AN-32 has flown 65 hours with a 10% blend of biofuel and the performance has been very satisfactory,” AVM Jain said, speaking a seminar on sustainable aviation biofuels organised by The Aeronautical Society of India on Friday. The target is to fly 200 flight hours, which should happen within the next six months
