I had been pottering round the circuit with my instructor for the best part of an hour and had just done done a real greaser of a landing. I jokingly said, "OK, you can get out now".......so he did, telling me to bring it back after ONE circuit!
Like everyone else, I noticed the aircraft was much lighter and climbed much faster with one body missing....I hit circuit height halfway down the runway.
That experience was in a Cessna Aerobat, which I flew regularly and loved dearly. I know aircraft don't live forever, but I was dismayed to recently find a photo of her in a derelict state....nothing left but a section of fuselage. R.I.P. Oscar Pop