5Z wrote:
Too bad those outrigger wheels come with the big tanks., but it sure
will make it easier to taxi on narrow taxiways! :-)

No more slipping after the flare for landing, though! I assume a level
wing touch-down is mandatory.

Toss out the fuel cell stuff, put in smaller gasoline tanks, and you
could carry everything you need for months of a crew-less soaring safari
without around an entire continent. In fact, you could outfit one tank
as a sleeping area.

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