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Old 16th Oct 2006, 06:48
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Absolutely Fabulous
 
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Originally Posted by Check Airman
To be nitpicking, mass is the correct term, but the chart says weight...
actually weight is the correct term. w=mg, therefore implicit in the term weight, gravity AND mass are taken into consideration. Mass, strictly defined is m=w/g........and I assume this is not what we're looking for when calculating our take-off weights
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