bob turner
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In Iowa, no less, where summer density altitudes are 4000' and everything is flat.
Security camera footage showed the Cub taxi to the ramp and turn without shutting down the engine as the passenger boarded. He weighed about 285 pounds; added to the pilots 225 pounds, that was a lot of mass for the Cubs 65-horsepower Continental to pull into the air. The company owner calculated that the airplane was nearly 10 percent above its maximum gross weight of 1,220 pounds during the takeoff attempt.
Reading the entire article seems to indicate that neither occupant was a skilled pilot.
Security camera footage showed the Cub taxi to the ramp and turn without shutting down the engine as the passenger boarded. He weighed about 285 pounds; added to the pilots 225 pounds, that was a lot of mass for the Cubs 65-horsepower Continental to pull into the air. The company owner calculated that the airplane was nearly 10 percent above its maximum gross weight of 1,220 pounds during the takeoff attempt.
Reading the entire article seems to indicate that neither occupant was a skilled pilot.
