Originally Posted by
kiwi chick
Haven't bothered looking at the photo, but quite possibly because if they were much taller they'd smash their legs off at the knees whilst ejecting.
Which might hurt a bit.
I remember being denied a back seat ride in a Martel equipped Buccaneer because of this. Had to sit in a dummy seat thingy to have my bum to kneecap measurement taken and was about 2" to long. I noticed a lot of the Navs on 12 Sqn were vertically challenged.