Interesting article, Tony. Looks like the USFS came to the same conclusion I did after ten minutes of research.
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Extra long runway lengths were said to have been needed as the aircraft is a heavy, big one. On the other hand, an aircraft like this will rarely go out with full fuel, yet the component of fuel weight was added in to produce a ridiculously long runway requirement. In reality, for such a big aircraft, the runway requirements are short. For this and other reasons, the Russian engineers called the report "unprofessional" in certain material respects.
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