Synthetic jet-fuel tests could impact aviation industry=20 A 46-year old B-52 bomber took a two-hour flight over a Mojave Desert test = range last week =E2=80=94 and it caught the attention of the commercial air= line industry. Why? USA TODAY writes that the B-52 flight was the "military= 's first jet flight powered with synthetic fuel," something that obviously = possibly could have a big impact in an industry where airlines recently hav= e been hammered by a run-up in oil and jet fuel prices. Air Force Undersecr= etary Ronald Sega, the Air Force's top energy official, acknowledges that e= stablishing a usable, practical synthetic fuel "is potentially important to= others as well as" the military.=20 "Some of the engines we have are the same as in commercial aviation," Sega = says. As for the synthetic fuel, USA TODAY writes that the B-52 flew its te= st flight with "two of its eight engines powered with a 50-50 mixture of je= t fuel, called JP-8, and a colorless synthetic fuel produced by a Tulsa-bas= ed company, Syntroleum. The synthetic was produced from natural gas, but of= ficials said coal =E2=80=94 which the nation has in abundance =E2=80=94 cou= ld be used to produce an identical fuel.=E2=80=9D The Air Force plans more = test flights "within days." =20 =20 View our videos at: http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=3Dewrw4co =20 Roger & Amanda La France