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Old 17th Apr 2004, 22:41
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BEagle
 
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Sea level, ISA+15C, the current A330-200 at MTOW requires a 8300ft runway length - whereas the 767-33ER needs 1000 ft more!

Fuel in the tanker will be identical to the current pax version - all 111 tonnes (244 000 lb) of it!

Don't know about the sheep, sorry. Or the wheat.
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