On Apr 18, 5:25*am, gatt wrote:


Having said all that, I don't think I'd make the flight myself. *But I
have before, in a 172 at maybe 40lbs over gross, and nothing broke.


This is ridiculous. How on earth do you think ferry flights work,
they can be way over MTOW but the wings don't rip off do they? A 172
it's not going to notice a measely 40lbs over MTOW unless the COG is
wrong.

Cheers