"G.R. Patterson III" wrote in message
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Marco Rispoli wrote:
It's a nice plane, well maintained (for what I could see of it and I am
far
from an expert).
I know the owner. He took good care of it. My Maule was tied down next to
his Grumman
for several years.
Consider that both of us were 210 pounds.
He's gained a few pounds, then.
The guy claims he flew it to Florida in one day ... I wouldn't have
reason
to doubt that.
Sun'n Fun. 1994. We both left the same weekend, but I overnighted at
Savannah. He
took it straight across the water from Myrtle Beach to St. Augustine. He
decided to
not do that on the return trip. We both got back about the same time, too.
See
http://mysite.verizon.net/vze7u6sw/SunFun/index.html for an account of my
run down.
Woah!!!
Yes! That's what he said. ... so YOU are the friend he was talking about.
AWESOME!
Were you guys flying single? Each one of you alone in your own plane?
There are 2 things that bother me about that plane:
* the fuel gauges on the sides of the cockpit
* the fact that full tanks and 2 guys and the plane was sluggish to get off
the runway (again, once going the plane was a dream).
Then again, I would be flying me and my wife on it ... and she weighs a lot
less than me (70-80 pounds less) so for the trips I plan to do that would be
less than a problem that plus I just gotta get myself on a diet and for the
Plane's Sake I would do that ...
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Marco Rispoli - NJ, USA / PP-ASEL
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