Can't recall the wing span but all had tip tanks installed. With the center engine inop it flew okay but in the tropics keeping above 3000' wasn't really possible. No terrain to worry about though in that part of the world.
Trick was not to land downwind. No windsocks out there (those things usually ended up on someones canoe) and even a 3kt component could burn out the brakes on landing.
CoG was an issue. I recall filling out the flight log one day (still strapped in) when the aircraft tipped on its a%se because the baggage handlers emptied the nose locker first and hadn't installed the tail stand. Ballast was also used on a regular basis.
Last edited by Rabbit 1; 23rd Nov 2009 at 03:46.