My friend was flying his Mooney 201 around the world. Needless to say, it was way over gross weight, flying with ferry tanks under a ferry permit.
On departure from an Australian airport on a hot morning, he was only able to manage about a 200 FPM climb to his initial altitude of 5,000 feet.
Controller: “Do you want to continue your climb, or would you like to stop there and rest for a while?”
Lars Perkins
