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Old January 24th 07, 10:11 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
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Default Aircraft Weight Question

John Galban wrote:
On Jan 24, 10:21 am, Newps wrote:
In
fact to show you how dumb some of these people are a guy across the
taxiway from me built a Kitfox. He put so much **** on it that with
him and full fuel he was 50 pounds over gross.


Doesn't the builder determine the gross weight of a homebuilt?


Along with a healthy dose of physics.