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Old 26th May 2023, 00:09
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Over 2200nm from California to Hawaii. Longest overwater leg without anywhere that doesn’t have somewhere to divert to. 358 USG useable gets you around mid 700nm. I’ll load two 400 USG and a 160 USG turtle-pac for this leg. At 40% over MTOW the Twotter is about the only GA level aircraft that is “factory certified” to carry this amount. 15 hours on the wing. Two pilots dead. Welcome to the world of ferrying…
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