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Old 21st May 2011, 02:12
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Icarus2001
 
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In my jallopy it costs 3% per hour to carry "extra" fuel.
I would guess that a modern contract charter company could invest in an off the shelf electronic flight planning program and therefore have more accurate burns. I would have thought that this may save that 3%?
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