Yeah I heard that short people with high blood pressure are likely to do better than tall people with low blood pressure. However I also know that the military require their pilots to be extremely fit. Seems like a contradiction! I of roughly average height for a woman (good), fitter than average (good), but with low blood pressure (bad). Not sure where I fit on the scale.
To clarify, when I asked the original question I used the term "high level of fitness". By this I didn't just mean the absence of disease, and being a non-smoker/light drinker etc (and avoiding chocolate cakes
), I was meaning for example someone who can go running for a hour non-stop. I can appreciate that military flying is very high intensity and requires good endurance, strength, level of alertness etc but was wondering how far this translates into a noticeable effect in civilian private flying (especially of the non-aerobatic variety).