Marco Rispoli wrote:

Were you guys flying single? Each one of you alone in your own plane?

Yep. I weighed about 145 back then. Me, full camping gear, food, etc. got pretty
close to max gross for a Cessna 150. On the way back, I had a case of oil and a few
other goodies, but I'd eaten most of the food, so it was about the same. Hank
suggested that Tovar and I convoy down, but that Grumman is a fair bit faster than my
150, so we canned that idea in a hurry.

We both left Lakeland on Tuesday. Tovar spent two days weathered in in a Virginia
hotel. I made it into Maryland, spent one day in a hotel and another camping at an
airpark. We both got back on Thursday. The return trip was not suitable raw material
for a humorous article.

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 ...

Tovar also had some problems there. The woman he was dating back in '95 was probably
130 pounds or so, and the plane could carry the two of them with luggage for a
weekend. There were times that he had to leave gas behind. I think he weighed about
190 at the time. You will probably have problems in most two-seaters.

George Patterson
If you don't tell lies, you never have to remember what you said.