Too Tall???
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Too Tall???
I might be wrong but I am 5' 10" and I am sure that I have known fast jet jocks more than 6 inches taller than me.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/south_east/6640521.stm
Is this correct?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/south_east/6640521.stm
Is this correct?
Call me cynical, but it seems like an extremely slow news day for that to be worthy of 'net space.
Don't get me wrong, it's harsh for the guy, but I've been turned down for certain branches on medical grounds, it's not exactly uncommon.
Don't get me wrong, it's harsh for the guy, but I've been turned down for certain branches on medical grounds, it's not exactly uncommon.
For what it's worth, which isn't much, I'm 6'4". having sat - on the ground - in the back seat of a Tornado recenty I'm fairly convinced I would have missed losing my kneecaps to the instrument panel in an ejection by several clear inches.
That said, I have no idea what the actual medical requirements are; it's just an anecdotal experience.
Phil
That said, I have no idea what the actual medical requirements are; it's just an anecdotal experience.
Phil
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muppetofnorth and adam 634
Yea you are both probably right.
But it beat the heck out of reading about Tony Blair and an interest rate rise!!!!!!!
Yea you are both probably right.
But it beat the heck out of reading about Tony Blair and an interest rate rise!!!!!!!
Cheers, SRENNAPS, didn't want to seem like a mean barsteward...
Adam, I feel for you, I've only been turned down from my 'back up' option on medical reasons, which is still a bit mean.
Phil_R, whilst you may well be able to sit in a Tornado [a fairly roomy cockpit] you will have had difficulties in Jags and Harriers, I'm 6'2" and could barely fit in a Jag when I had the chance... Of course, might have just been a short @rse pilot that had just got out.
Adam, I feel for you, I've only been turned down from my 'back up' option on medical reasons, which is still a bit mean.
Phil_R, whilst you may well be able to sit in a Tornado [a fairly roomy cockpit] you will have had difficulties in Jags and Harriers, I'm 6'2" and could barely fit in a Jag when I had the chance... Of course, might have just been a short @rse pilot that had just got out.
I'm 6'4" and flew in back of Jaguars and Hawks. Always a bit tight but they were never designed to be comfortable.
Height can vary significantly whilst still being a tight squeeze! I'm just over 6ft1 and passed the buttock/knee length by 1mm (on a best of 3 average!) Found it a mighty tight squeeze in the T1A (although bizarrely not the T1, anyone know the reason for a difference in length?) and wouldnt have wanted to have longer legs if I'd ejected tbh. Conversely a mate is a good 2 or 3 inches taller than me, but fits about the same, as his legs are the same length as mine with a longer torso. At 6ft4 wouldnt fancy your chances though!
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Found it a mighty tight squeeze in the T1A (although bizarrely not the T1, anyone know the reason for a difference in length?)
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Without delving into his arse to knee/heel measurements : From his mugshot he looks a bit 'out of proportion' like most lanky people.