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Old 17th Nov 2005, 16:27
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Docfly
 
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I've taken an empty 747-300 freighter to FL450, guess we weighed about 190 tonnes. Like "old smokey" says the burn was no great advantage from the CFP FL390. Reckon it helped to save a bit on the descent though. Waffles about when you try to land that light too.
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