Timeline for Do Cargo flights carry anyone other than the crew?
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| Mar 24, 2019 at 0:13 | comment | added | Vikki | To be fair, any flying C-130 is going to be "carrying jet fuel", seeing as it's a turboprop aircraft. | |
| Aug 7, 2015 at 18:34 | comment | added | Terry | @anshabhi The test as to whether fuel is to be considered in with the cargo, i.e. included in the zero fuel weight for purposes of weight and balance, is whether it is legally available for use by the airplane carrying it during the flight. For example, ballast fuel, i.e. fuel carried to keep the c.g. within limits, is treated like cargo even though it is in the aircraft's fuel tanks. Obviously, in a fuel emergency, you could use that fuel. However, to do so might take you outside the legal c.g. limits. | |
| Aug 7, 2015 at 18:24 | comment | added | Terry | @anshabhi On freighters, loadmasters are often carried to facilitate the loading of freighters when there would not otherwise be a qualified loadmaster available as part of the ground support people. Since they have no inflight function, they are not required air crew. | |
| Aug 7, 2015 at 18:23 | comment | added | Ethan | @FreeMan You do have a good point. | |
| Aug 7, 2015 at 18:20 | comment | added | FreeMan | If the C-130 was loaded with supplies for a air-drop, most would consider the supplies to be "cargo". Since the fuel was intended for aerial refueling, then I'd think that would be considered cargo as well. | |
| Aug 7, 2015 at 18:05 | comment | added | Ethan | Well if you consider fuel a cargo then the answer would be yes. | |
| Aug 7, 2015 at 18:04 | comment | added | anshabhi | If they have got a technical work, don't they belong to the crew? And fuel is not cargo. | |
| Aug 7, 2015 at 17:53 | history | answered | Ethan | CC BY-SA 3.0 |