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Old 18th Oct 2020, 18:34
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Had some 727s at an old job, exNW airframe converted freighters, the landing weight had purposely been lowered to reduce the landing fee paid. We sent a check to Boeing and in a few weeks had new placards raising the max landing weight 4000 pounds.
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