Don't want to be pedantic here, but Density Altitude is an important part of this discussion.
We may or may not have had five jumpers AND the door in our 182 and been ok, but if that were the case, we would have been starting off at around 500' MSL.
Still a 182 will haul a surprising amount of stuff though.
You say August, so I suppose you're talking about Oshkosh. Don't forget that it can get really hot in America, especially in the south. Why in Texas it gets so hot we have to use special tar on the roads so they don't run away like water. We start putting on sweaters once it gets below a hundred etc etc. And remember, when you hear a forecast for these parts, them's Texas degrees they're talking about and they're each a little bit bigger than an ordinary degree.
Hope y'all enjoy yourselves and remember, "Fly Friendly".
[ 21 August 2001: Message edited by: Onan the Clumsy ]