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Old 27th Jan 2007, 14:42
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Only an issue if you want to spend the rest of your life in a Cessna 150.
At 6ft 5 I have little problem training in a C152 (except for having to stick my kneeboard on the right leg to keep it out of the way of the yoke, but then at least I don't need to sit on a pile of cushions either).

Conversely, when I found myself sitting in the right hand seat of a PA-31 Navajo (as a passenger), I had to sit in a really awkward position which would have been rather unsuited to flying or indeed sitting in general for any great length of time (the flight in question was a six minute hop from mainland Iceland to a volcanic island).

Comforted though I am that there are fellows flying out there who positively dwarf me , I was wondering its common for light twins to cram more seats in at the expense of pilot leg room. Does this ever cause problems in training?

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