"Ted" wrote
I haven't done a weight and balance calculation on a Cessna 150 in a
couple of decades. How much cargo weight remains after putting two
adults in the front seats? is it 6 or 8 pounds?? That wouldn't allow
for a very large bomb. I can see why they decided that the plane
wasn't much of a threat.

The maximum Takeoff Gross Weight limit for a C-150 is a legal limit,
not a physical limit. It is estabilished by the FAA as the maximum
weight that will permit a go-around at the maximum flap setting and
has nothing to do with the maximum weight that the airplane will carry
for takeoff and cruise. In fact, for the C-172, by restricting the
maximum flap setting to 30 degrees instead of 40 degrees, the maximum
Takeoff Gross Weight was raised by 100#.

Bob Moore
ATP CFI