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17th Feb 2003, 05:32
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As fuel in tanks decreases, dump rate decreases.
The ballpark figure I use for dump time is tons to dump / 2 + 5. e.g. for a max weight departure of 397 with max ldg weight 296, approx 100,000kg to lose is 100/2+5 = 55 mins (ballpark).
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