Hey, if you want a heavy friend to take flying, ballast and all that,
I'm available! :-) In the UK though...

I have 2 seats and 200hp so not much of a problem in my plane.
However I learned on a 172 as when I walked up first time to my
6ft 5" body builder instructor, he took one look at me, looked at
himself and said "We're going to need a bigger aeroplane"!

Grob 103. I can't even fit in the front and move the stick. I'm fine
in the back though...it's about the only glider I can fit in and
waggle the stick.

When I fly a T-tailed Arrow solo I have to a) watch how much fuel
I put in, and b) usually put a sandbag in the baggage compartment.
It still needs full back yoke to the stops on landing.

Paul

"Wallace Berry" wrote in message
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In article zR5tb.196731$HS4.1666204@attbi_s01,
"Jay Honeck" wrote:

Recently we flew with a friend who weighs over 320 pounds.

Took a heavy friend and his tiny wife for glider flights once. He was
right on 250 lbs. Put him in the front seat of a Grob 103