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re: Why are most military pilots short
Posted on 3/31/17 at 3:40 pm to Swoopin
Posted on 3/31/17 at 3:40 pm to Swoopin
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Eject from one of those and your legs are the least of your concerns.
You don't eject from a helicopter.
You either survive or don't survive the crash.
Good news: They're designed to be survivable in a lot of crash circumstances.
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Posted on 3/31/17 at 3:41 pm to Hawgnsincebirth55
Because they are the jockeys of the sky.
Posted on 3/31/17 at 3:45 pm to OweO
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What? My dad wanted to be in the air force. He was just over 5'11" and if I recall that was not tall enough to be a pilot in the AF.
You know how your dad took your dog out to the country to live a longer life with relatives? Yeah that wasn't true either.
Posted on 3/31/17 at 3:57 pm to Hawgnsincebirth55
Chad Hennings- not short
Posted on 3/31/17 at 4:18 pm to Ace Midnight
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You don't eject from a helicopter.
You mean they don't eject pilots into rotating blades?
Don't know what I was thinking
Posted on 3/31/17 at 4:19 pm to Hawgnsincebirth55
This is a cause effect scenario, short guys become fighter pilots for the same reason short guys drive lifted trucks
Posted on 3/31/17 at 4:34 pm to BiggerBear
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B. Dudes that are low average in height are Alpha and awesome as frick
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Unless they are also fat
Making fun of fat people doesn't make you any taller brah
Posted on 3/31/17 at 4:46 pm to Hawgnsincebirth55
My Dad was a decorated AF pilot and he was 5' 4" in shoes.
Posted on 3/31/17 at 4:49 pm to Ace Midnight
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You don't eject from a helicopter.
You either survive or don't survive the crash.
He was making what we call, around here, a joke.
Posted on 3/31/17 at 4:50 pm to LSUBFA83
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decorated AF pilot
What branch of service was he in?
Posted on 3/31/17 at 4:55 pm to Chucktown_Badger
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He was making what we call, around here, a joke.
Meh - jokes should be funnier.
(And I should know.)
Posted on 3/31/17 at 4:58 pm to Hawgnsincebirth55
I know several pilots in the Army both male and female that range from about 5'3 to 6'5. From all the other pilots in other branches I have come across it is the same thing it is a mixed bag so I do not know where you came up with this conclusion.
Posted on 3/31/17 at 5:00 pm to stelly1025
Hey, one guy said someone he knew wasn't tall enough to be a pilot, so there's all sorts of weird perceptions out there.
Posted on 3/31/17 at 5:01 pm to Chucktown_Badger
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Hey, one guy said someone he knew wasn't tall enough to be a pilot, so there's all sorts of weird perceptions out there.
TSO told me he had a female who was 5'1 in a Chinook so I am not sure that would be true.
This post was edited on 3/31/17 at 5:03 pm
Posted on 3/31/17 at 5:19 pm to Hawgnsincebirth55
A cargo plane is flying along, doing its cargo plane thing, when a fighter jet comes up alongside.
The fighter jock decides to poke some fun at the pilot who's forced to fly such an ungainly vessel.
"My plane's so much more advanced than yours. Watch this" says the jock, as he proceeds to do loop-de-loops, barrel rolls, corkscrews, and all manner of fast paced aerial acrobatics.
"Very impressive," responds the cargo pilot. "But that's nothing, watch this." For a half hour the large craft simply plods along straight as an arrow, not even so much as dipping the wings.
After a while, the cargo pilot comes back on the radio and says "So, what'd you think?"
Jock: "What d'you mean? You didn't do anything. You just flew straight for a while."
Cargo: "Oh no, that wasn't all. I got up, stretched my legs, got some coffee, went to the bathroom..."
The fighter jock decides to poke some fun at the pilot who's forced to fly such an ungainly vessel.
"My plane's so much more advanced than yours. Watch this" says the jock, as he proceeds to do loop-de-loops, barrel rolls, corkscrews, and all manner of fast paced aerial acrobatics.
"Very impressive," responds the cargo pilot. "But that's nothing, watch this." For a half hour the large craft simply plods along straight as an arrow, not even so much as dipping the wings.
After a while, the cargo pilot comes back on the radio and says "So, what'd you think?"
Jock: "What d'you mean? You didn't do anything. You just flew straight for a while."
Cargo: "Oh no, that wasn't all. I got up, stretched my legs, got some coffee, went to the bathroom..."
Posted on 3/31/17 at 5:44 pm to Chucktown_Badger
Air Force. He mainly flew C-130s, KC-97s when he was in SAC and a Cessna "Bird Dog" as Forward Air Control in Vietnam. He earned the Bronze Star, Distinguished Flying Cross and Vietnam Air Medal.
He may have been a short dude but he was the biggest man I've ever known. Miss him.
He may have been a short dude but he was the biggest man I've ever known. Miss him.
Posted on 3/31/17 at 5:49 pm to LSUBFA83
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Cessna "Bird Dog" as Forward Air Control in Vietnam
Down in the weeds. Dangerous job.
Posted on 3/31/17 at 5:51 pm to FightinTigersDammit
Yes. We were damn lucky he made it home and lived to be 81.
Posted on 3/31/17 at 5:57 pm to LSUBFA83
Posted on 3/31/17 at 5:57 pm to OysterPoBoy
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G force
There is a correlation between heart distance to brain, and the ability to stay conscious during high gravitational stress. It's not always the case, but it is more often than not. This is why a lot of women do well in these tests.
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