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Old 23rd Jan 2022, 19:16
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Originally Posted by BEagle
Only once, as far as I know, due to incompetent groundcrew neglecting to check fin tank contents....
The fin tank gauges on the Ten were piss poor, you could easily put a couple of K up it without it registering, we often used to “hide” extra fuel at the behest of the Flight Eng on the Dulles run.
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