In article QbHOe.2349$IG2.1697@trndny01,
George Patterson wrote:

john smith wrote:

Have you ever looked inside an old, straight-backed Cessna 182 jumpship?
I would wager that they have 1600 pound useful load EASY!

Max gross - 2,950. Empty weight - 1,595.

Gross weight on the 182 is 2550 pounds, the 182A and 182B gross at 2650.
Gross didn't get up to 2950 pounds until they put the girlie swept tail
on them.

--
Dale L. Falk

There is nothing - absolutely nothing - half so much worth doing
as simply messing around with airplanes.

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