Yikes!! Fuel steps? You mean the little tiny ones that bolted to the side of the fuselage and strapped onto the strut?? YGTBSM I turned 75 two days ago. My idea of fuel steps is a three step aluminum folding ladder. LOL

With a mile of highway, you can go one mile. With a mile of runway, you can go just about anywhere.
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