I'm glad to see this thread is making a comeback!!!
Was chatting to Tiger about this thread the other day.
The good old C209.... what a machine. 10 pob, full tanks, full bags/cargo and 5 hours endurance plus reserves. Our company was talking about installing the long range belly fuel tanks which give an extra 4 hours endurance but CASA won't give us an EO for the conversion....... something about having that much fuel on board would allow the company to make the pilot exceed flight time when operated under the IFR....... too bad!!!