Red Bull Air Race Pilot Flies At Tannkosh Burning Carbon-Neutral Avgas

On Wednesday, August 24th, 2011, Matthias Dolderer, Red Bull Air Race pilot and co-organizer of the "Tannkosh" airshow, presented a full aerobatics display completely neutral in terms of CO2 emissions, his aircraft engine running on the new SwiftFuel 100SF – a first in aviation history. This was also the European debut of a single engine aircraft running on biofuel.

SwiftFuel 100SF is a lead-free aviation fuel made from biomass, which meets all requirements for an alternative aviation propellant, even exceeding the conventional AVGAS 100LL in significant aspects. 100SF has been designed by Swift Enterprises from West Lafayette, IN.

"SwiftFuel offers the pilot a higher octane rating (104 MON), a higher energy density per litre and thus a better range – and all of this completely neutral in terms of CO2 emissions!" says Thomas Albuzat, M. Chem. and managing director of Swift Fuel GmbH, the U.S. manufacturer's European branch based at Zweibrücken, Germany. "That way, 100SF manages to go from flab to fab, from a leaded mineral oil product to a lead-free bio fuel – and all this without any alterations to the aircraft and with the same power output."

Matthias Dolderer's EDGE 540 is a high performance aerobatic aircraft in the Unlimited class, powered by a 400 hp Lycoming engine featuring a compression ratio of 11:1, and therefore being very demanding in terms of fuel.

"It works! There's no difference between SwiftFuel and 100LL", commented an excited Matthias Dolderer after landing back at Tannheim airfield. "SwiftFuel is a real alternative for 100LL and may well be the harbinger of a new era in General Aviation."

FMI: www.swiftenterprises.com, www.tannkosh.de