The Red Arrows are the UK’s most famous flying machines.
These acrobatic red planes usually show up at big events and leave red, white, and blue clouds in the sky behind them.
During King Charles’s recent birthday parade in London, these amazing planes did something for the very first time, they were powered by sustainable fuel!
Jet Fuel
Usually, jet planes, like the Red Arrows, use kerosene as fuel, which isn’t great for the environment. But this time, the Red Arrows were all powered by a special kind of sustainable aviation fuel, or SAF for short. It’s made from things like old cooking oil instead of fossil fuels. That means it creates a lot less pollution.
Even the colourful clouds the planes left behind them were made in a sustainable way. They came from hydrotreated vegetable oil. That means that fossil fuels weren’t used in this part of the parade either and much less damage was done to the Earth.
King Charles
King Charles has always cared a lot about the environment, so flying in a sustainable way during his birthday celebration was very cool.
Even though he didn’t request for this to happen, the RAF (Royal Air Force), which the Red Arrows are part of, said they were proud to lead the way in cleaner flying.
The Red Arrows now plan to use this kind of fuel more often, especially during their 60 shows across the UK and Europe this year.
Inspiring
By flying with sustainable fuel, the Red Arrows have shown that even fast powerful planes can keep being cool without hurting our planet.
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