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Old 8th September 2003 | 04:35
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Gertrude the Wombat
 
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Would you want to make an over-weight take-off?
One view is that this is lots safer than risking running out of fuel. Particularly if the MTOW has been determined wrt a 300m farm strip and you have a 2km tarmac runway. It is not, however, terribly legal.
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