Fair comment torquelink, I am very biased towards the NCD. Just depends what kind of freight market you are in.
This aircraft would be useless out of IAH for example - all heavy offsize oil drilling equipment. On the other hand, would do fine for loads out of HKG or PVG.
As I mentioned before,
On the other hand, they're relatively cheap. Bean counters will have to see if its worth it.
Anyone got a clue on projected empty weight? The pure -F is 349K-350K
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