On Nov 26, 8:20*pm, Jay Honeck wrote:

Good advice. *Luckily, most aircraft will fly significantly
overweight, or there would be lots of airplanes falling out of the sky
every day.

When I volunteered with the B-17 that's now parked next to the Spruce
Goose, I used to point out the 1200-lb maximum crew weight to
visitors, and point out that the airplane carried ten men in heavy
flights suits and flak armor. Impossible.

My grandfather was his crew's armorer in WWII and used to joke about
how they'd always manage to sneak a few extra .50 belts in the tail
after they'd fully loaded the airplane. The pilot had to wonder why
his airplane was so slow and tail-heavy.