Originally Posted by
cappt
I used to fly with a pilot who did SE ferry flights from California to Japan and Australia. The fuel bag would take up the entire cabin and often the unoccupied front seat. San Fransisco to Hawaii was the longest leg at 2300NM, after that it was shorter, island hopping.
I think there is another exit port but is still around 2100NM to Hawaii.
This turbine conversion I think struggles to get to 23,000 feet from what I have read. So its fuel burn will be hard to work out, but landing with dust in the tanks I would guess they need more than 500 litres (more like 600) in the cabin and in the conversion the rear baggage area is already turned into a fuel tank.
Anyone got any better info to know how much fuel they will need for this leg at a realistic flight level?