By Eric Lindeman Recognizing Earth Day, the U.S. Navy last week successfully conducted the first test flight at supersonic speeds of an F/A-18 Super Hornet multi-role fighter jet powered by a 50-50 biofuel blend. The April 22 showcase of the "Green Hornet" at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md., was attended by hundreds, including Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus, who watched the flight and tracked data from a project engineering station at the Atlantic Test Range. After the jet…
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