Marco Rispoli wrote:

700 feet for takeoff?? humm.... the plane felt a lot slower to leave the
runway than that ...

Dunno if it's standard practice, but Maule's takeoff performance figures are
determined with half tanks, no baggage, and one 170 pound person on board. Perhaps
Grumman's are also.

George Patterson
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