By the way….one thing we teach VERY STRONGLY in the APS classes is about the critical importance of running a tank dry from time to time.
We do note turbines are an exception as the restart is not the same deal…so hold up on that. (We teach piston guys).
The point is, you may install a 296USG bladder tank in the back, but you only think it is 296USG….you do not KNOW if it will be.
Given the actual winds, the actual weights the
ACTUAL not book performance….if that flight had been taken there would have been a much bigger thread running a month back.
Everyone would be speculating it was Ray Clamback again
(no disrespect to Ray)