Chris Barker wrote:
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>I am very lucky to have flown
>Hunters, Jaguars, Tornados aaaand F-16C.
>
>But it is all finished now. It's the short-haul holidaymakers to
>Malaga for me now!
>
>Chris
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Chris,
Do you actually mean that you have stopped cramming your large body into these
narrow cockpits and stopped flying?
Thought you would never do so.
Wiliam.
Wiliam
The Jaguar was the only tight cockpit, although some the F-16A's
switches and ancillary controls were in such strange places around
the cockpit that I never thought when I started training that I would
ever do a 5 minute engine start. The Inertial Navigation control
panel was quite difficult to use and the flying controls test panel
was level with the left buttock. The Tornado was big but much more
difficult to see out of.
Anyway, for my slim and sylph-like figure, no cockpit is likely to be
a problem. Some of my 6 foot, 200 pound colleagues now... the
ejection seat performance became a critical item.
No more photos from the air ... unless I go flying in a large
aircraft from Incirlik.
Chris
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Chris Barker
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