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Old 26th Aug 2005, 23:08
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Height Issue

It's probably been talked about here before, so apologies, first time user, long time listener. Got a friend who is 6'7 and cannot fit into a Piper Warrior. He's keen to find out if he's too tall for the industry ( loves flying, but want's the challenge of commercial)

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Someone around that height used to fly Doves. He was the only one that did NOT bang his head on the ADF loop in the cockpit roof.
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Old 27th Aug 2005, 00:44
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I'am 6'7 and do not have any problems. I have an FAA first class medical and I am going for JAR-FCL medical in a few months but I do not think there is any height requirements. I think it is worse if you are to short. I have never flown the warior but I did not have any problems in cessna 152 with instructor. In cessna 172, I even need to put the seat forward.
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I believe that in military aviation you can be too tall, as tall people do not withstand high g forces as well as short people do.

In civil aviation I guess the only limitation should be the employers bias.
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