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PM  After the successful flight, Virgin chief Sir Richard
Branson was seen juggling coconuts and spoke to reporters about
the event, which he feels marks a "vital breakthrough"  (Source:
Reuters)  The Virgin Boeing 747 took off from London's Heathrow
airport and flew a test flight, fueled partly by Brazilian
babassu nuts and coconut biofuel -- the first biofuel flight of
a commercial jet  (Source: Virgin Atlantic) Virgin airlines runs
first biofuel flight; environmentalists less than thrilled
Virgin Atlantic just completed the first flight by a commercial
aircraft powered partly by biofuel.  The flight was powered by a
particularly outlandish biofuel -- a mixture of Brazilian
babassu nuts and coconuts.  The mixture helped to power the
Virgin Boeing 747 jumbo jet's flight between London's Heathrow
airport and an airport in Amsterdam.  The airliner had no
passengers, in event of failure.  Quirky Virgin boss, Sir
Richard Branson, claimed the flight