Rich, that power problem reminds me of when we were leaving Talaview Lodge on the Talachulitna River in '92. We were overloaded on takeoff and were headed for the top ten feet of the tall spruces at the end of the strip almost wallowing at full power when the stall warning horn started to "beep-beep-beep-beep-beep..." as the red light flashed on and off. The pilot calmly said "friggin' thing" as he reached up and snapped the toggle switch off and hauled back just a little more on the yoke....
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