RAF makes first ‘cooking oil’ flight

THE Royal Air Force has successfully piloted the UK’s first flight using 100% sustainable fuel in a “breakthrough moment” for aviation. The RAF Voyager - the military equivalent of an Airbus A330 - flew off over Oxfordshire on Wednesday using waste-based fuels including used cooking oil. Sustainable aviation fuels, known as SAFs, have the potential to cut carbon emissions by up to 80%, the RAF says. It was also the first in the world to use fully sustainable fuel for a military aircraft of its size.