I fly an airplane with a 1633 pound useful load and I find quite an
advantage to being light on fuel.

Holy cow. What GA plane has that kind of a useful load? A Caravan?

And, of course, if I were thinking about landing at a short field on a hot
day, I'd plan ahead and go light on fuel. As a matter of routine, though,
our average flight is into a paved strip of more than 3500 feet, somewhere
in the Midwest -- so more sprightly take off performance isn't as important
as knowing that I've got enough fuel on board.

Remember, our last plane was a 150 hp Warrior. Even at full gross, our 235
outperforms the Warrior, so my climb expectations are easily met!

:-)
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Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
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