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Old Jun 24, 2008 | 8:49 am
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jessej
 
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as a first step

Take a look at "Janes Guide to Aircraft"

for each model, there will be at least 2 weights

1) aircraft empty

2) aircraft max loaded, ie, MTOW, maximum takeoff weight

that delta - which includes the weight of the fuel, is the delta to carry

and i'd have to look up a whole bunch of iotherstuff for the fuel burn ratea
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