loadsheets weight and balance
we mostly used notional weights 75kg males 65 kgs females
can't remember child weight 35 kgs?? and 10 kgs for an infant
bags were 15 kgs
so an example loadsheet would look like 48M 42F 15C 2I plus 108 bags
plus 128 kgs of freight
= your actual load sheet payload - plus add the crew and catering
all in kilos (sometime in lbs which was a pain in the arse)
TOB 105 + 2 INF
occasionally the baggage was actual weights used (weighed on scales at check in)
and mail and bulk cargo was all weighed and manifested
sometimes if the size of the baggage and type of flight was abit abnormal - then maybe we would calculate everyone as a male at 75 kgs + 20 kgs bag weights for all pax - depending on what skipper wanted
oil rig workers and ski flights always drew attention
All cargo freighter a/c - all palleted/ULD or bulk cargo was actual weights plus add the weight of a ULD or pallet as well (which were standard weights)
all quite simple maths really
one of our 707's had a CofG MAC meter in the cockpit which was pretty accurate - i think it worked off the nose wheel but cannot remember
BTW what are today's notional pax weights? - I assume they have increased somewhat than what I have quoted above
Last edited by rog747; 11th Feb 2018 at 08:17.