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Old Jan 9, 2017 | 11:23 am
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Originally Posted by Eastbay1K
You do, of course, realize that the fuel tanks are large enough for 99%+ of all ops for the aircraft. For the few times a year with irregular wind speeds, the costs just aren't justified. I had a nearly 6 hour airtime MIA/SLC a couple days ago, and one flight even exceeded 6 and 1/2 hours over the past week.
Right, in the situation I noted above where we had to make a fuel stop in SMF, the winds were also much stronger than usual. So our flying time was much longer than usual.
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