apcooper
Dude, where's my country?
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- Sep 4, 2004
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On saturday I will be taking two friends up in a Cessna 172 and just realized that since I'm the first flight of the day for the rental that the tanks will be full. I calculated that based on all our weights we will bean issue here. I will be at sea level with a 45025 over max TO weight. I'm in a delema. Should I fly for a half hour to get to gross with only one pax and delay the flight or just bend the rules a little bit. Don't we all do that sometime or another. Kind of like driving 5 mph over the posted speed but the cops won't usually care. Obviously syphoning fuel is out of the question and extremely dangerous in my book. I will be using a 4,300 ft runway at sea level. On the other hand IMHO taking off at gross in a 172 in Aspen on a hot summer afternoon is legal but not at all safe. What should I do?