Originally Posted by
ridefar
Interesting, thank you. So, as an aside, can a 7M8 land on a full load of fuel? Or is the only solution to burn it off?
AFAIK an overweight landing checkup has to be conducted if it lands over MLW (69.3t), but the 7M8 certified to land up to it's MTOW (82.2t). And I'm pretty certain many larger aircraft can as well.