While google searching, I found a blog from what appeared to be a young man in Canada, perhaps a flight student. In the particular article I read, he was giving a synopsis of what tanspired earlier in his day. He was preflighting his aircraft for a flight, and noticed a Canadaian Forces Airbus A319 landing in full military colors. Shortly thereafter, he noticed soliders in uniform deplaning from the aircraft.He questioned to himself the point of origin that soldiers came from, and was amazed that an Airbus that size could handle such a trip from he suspected Middle East, to the airport he flies out of in Canada. My response to that is that the configuration of the fuel tanks is what determines the range of the aircraft, in addtion to refueling stops. For example, both Boeing & Airbus have versions of the ultra-sleek "Business jet (A319 or B737 aircraft.) They fly trans-atlantic & pacfic. Plus, don't even mention Gulfstream, Hawker-Beach & Falcon capabilities.
http://airplanepilot.blogspot.com/
-Interesting.
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