Flight Fuel

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Flight planning series | Part 4 Flight plan & fuel planning

Welcome back to the fourth and final installment of the flight planning series. Also the part you have all been waiting for the Global release. Today I will walk you thru setting up this route and flight plan we have been planning throughout this series. I’ll give you all the tips, and tricks you need to complete a successful flight. Weight & Balance So let’s talk about our weight and balance. This is the page we will be adding fuel, passengers, and cargo. [IMG_6831] This page is set u…

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You weren’t real clear with how you figured out your fuel calculations, which aircraft you’ve tried, what the winds aloft conditions were and what altitudes you are trying to work with. You can end up burning a lot of fuel in your climb out from your destination so you’d want to have a good plan for climb to cruise. Larger commercial aircraft shouldn’t be climbing above 30,000-33,000 early on in the flight. As you burn the fuel off you can step climb to increase altitude and decrease fuel burn.