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4th Jan 2017, 23:16

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Typically a sharklet equipped A320 will be 2 tons heavier than a non sharklet version at the same max alt, ie 65.4 tons at FL390 vs 63.4. Is this not down to load alleviation as I can't see the sharklets making that much difference ?

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