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Old 02-10-2014 | 07:23 PM
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I was also expecting the "162" to have a significantly improved useful load or reduce fuel burn compared to the 152/150, but it ended up being about the same, which begs the question, how exactly did the last 60 years of progress benefit us here? Use of modern materials and modern aerodynamics should have allowed for some significant advantage, but performance wise it seemed to fall short. When they bolted that 0-200 to it, it seemed doomed to me, that and the spin-testing...
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