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Old 12th Sep 2003, 22:33
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tykon
 
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To all,

In the NG, fuel is always being transferred. from centre to wings.

As pilots, you would know that you aren't generally allowed to transfer (with your boost pumps) anything under roughly 4 -500kg.

In the Ng, your scavenge is always on, so on a long flight, you will notice the centre decrease, but maybe not on a shorter flight.

In the older 737, there was a 20 min scavenge once centre pumps turned off, and as long as your wing tank pump(namely left forward I think) was on, but now it is always on.

hope this is totally correct, but feel free to correct me if you want, as this is from memory.
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