"Robert M. Gary" wrote in message
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On Apr 17, 2:53 am, tman inv@lid wrote:
Flown C172's for quite a while, and never had anybody in the back.
Now I'm planning on quite a trip, with 2 pax and luggage.

The biggest problem with flying a little overgross is the same problem
with flying at high density altitude. The plane will perform different
and a pilot who isn't expecting this can run into serious problems.
The site picture over the nose will look a bit different. This is why
I always teach my students to climb out on airspeed. I know some CFIs
focus on the site pitch picture but that only works with consistant
weight, altitude, etc.
Many pilots have bitten the big one because they keep pulling the nose
up when climbing out of mountain airports until they stall it. They
keep trying to achieve the site picture their CFI taught them down in
the valley.

-robert, CFII

Agree Agree!!!!