photo: Diamond Aircraft

A new and notable world's first in the realm of aviation biofuels: EADS, maker of the Airbus and lots of defense and transport aircraft, has announced the completion of the first flight powered entirely by algae-based biofuel.

A growing number of companies are engaged in testing algae-based aviation biofuel, but until now these have all been done either with a blend of biofuel and fossil fuels, or with biofuel powering just one of multiple jet engines....Read the full story on TreeHugger