History of SAF's
The acronym "SAF" stands for:
Sustainable Aviation Fuels
As is with many thing in life (e.g. shoes, cars, houses, flight training, etc), the use of used cooking oil as a feedstock for SAF is _______.
Expensive
IATA stands for:
International Air Transport Association
The four forces acting on an aircraft in flight.
Thrust, drag, lift, weight
Sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) is an alternative fuel made from ____________ that reduces emissions from air transportation.” (AFDC, 2024).
Non-petroleum feedstocks
A current area of concern in regards to SAF's is estimates of available biomass for jet fuel production, as it is influenced by ______ ________.
Weather conditions
These individuals will incur an increase in revenue due to producing biomass crops.
Farmers
Mechanical turbulence is the result of:
Friction between the air and the ground
The first tested flight using SAFs occurred in ______ via Virgin Atlantic using biojet fuel.
2008
In Canada, the ______ Roadmap: Provides a strategy to produce sustainable and affordable SAF through Canadian partnerships.
C-SAF
IATA's goal is to accomplish Net Zero CO2 emissions by:
2050
The _________ are the principle members in a truss type fuselage.
Longerons
The US Department of Energy defines SAFs as:
“Sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) is an alternative fuel made from non-petroleum feedstocks that reduces emissions from air transportation.” (AFDC, 2024).
SAF has been implemented in aviation operations, such as the Transatlantic flight operating from LHR to JFK on a Boeing 787
FLIGHT 100
Environmental support provided by biomass crops include water quality/quantity improvements AND:
Erosion control
Fog that forms on clear nights with light winds
Radiation fog
Between 2011-2015, Over 2,500 commercial passenger flights were operated by 22 airlines using mixes of up to 50% biojet fuel made from feedstock such as algae, jatropha, camelina, and _____ _______ _____. (IATA, n.d.).
Spent cooking oil
The utilization of SAF's results in a _____ reduction in GHGs compared to traditional jet fuel.
80%
IATA's plan to meet their goal of achieving net zero CO2 emissions by 2050 includes the following steps:
Increased production of SAF (Advanced BioFuels eg. Alcohol-to-Jet and Fischer-Tropsch)
Hydrogen: production & storage (sustainable production, liquefaction technology)
_____________________________
Research regarding electric aircraft (OPTIONAL TO INCLUDE: electricity and charging)
Decode the following METAR:
METAR CYWG 172000Z 30015G25KT 3/4SM +BLSN -DZ BKN005 OVC008 M05/M07 A2829 RMK SLP134
METAR for CYWG (Winnipeg). 17th day of the month at 2000z. Wind is from 300 deg true, wind speed of 15 knots with gusts to 25kts have been reported. Prevailing visibility of 3/4 statue miles. Heavy blowing snow. Light drizzle. Broken cloud cover layer at 500ft, overcast layer at 800 feet. -5 deg temp, -7 deg dew point. Altimeter setting is 28.29 inches of mercury. Remarks: sea level pressure is 1013.4 hPa