Will_T
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Good call, thanks.
It seems that I'm at the upper limit of height, so it would all depend on my sitting height.
Will.
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Tom Cruise too short to be a Navy pilot!!!
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It seems that I'm at the upper limit of height, so it would all depend on my sitting height.
Will.
Got one that's starting to stick around the squadron... Remember the flick "Gremlins"? Remember the cute one with orange fur? Yeah...
Stay away from water!
Clux4
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I would be surprised if your avatar looked nothing like you.
Sort of like how other AWers are surprised when Brett looks nothing like James Carville.
Holy shit you're tiny! You can reach the rudder pedals? Not going E2/C2 I take it as I don't think you could reach the rudder pedals, at least not without seeing over the glareshield.
rrpilot
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I read that after filming 'Top Gun' Kelly McGillis had to be treated for back pains by a chiropractor on account she's so much taller than Tom they had her barefoot, bending, leaning or stooping in every scene because she couldn't be taller than the 'star'...noticeable in the film once you're looking for it,lol
Haha, you KNOW that people LOVE getting into the jet or sim right after me because the seat is all the way and the rudder pedals are all the way forward. They'll see me later in the day and be like "Gizmo, did you just fly 308? ... DAMNIT I got in and my knees we touching my chest!!" :icon_tong
In conclusion, Tom Cruise is a lying weirdo who believes in a science fiction book as his religion.
I kinda know what you mean. I set the pedals pretty much all the way back in the helicopters (that's just what's most comfortable to me; can't adjust our seats though). I am normal height so I get weird looks (at least I tell myself the pedals are why I get the weird looks).
Heheh.. Gizmo is probably a better callsign than Stripe.
BlazeUSMC
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Funny and true story from the Naval Aviation Museum in Pensacola. The tour guide (a former Marine well into his 80s) made it a point to start the tour off by talking about the F-14 right outside the main entrance, AND how Tom Cruise hurled 3 times while filming Top Gun. He continued his salty rant by bashing the Navy much to the dismay of several ensigns on board.
Shit, man...don't care how old the guide was...should'a taken him down!! LOL!
Funny story...up there with new bride Debbie, on the motor tour ~ nine years ago...was tickled to see the line-up of A1, A4, A7...and P2, and I think an old "Connie".
Guide was ex-USAF...overheard me explaining some of them to Deb...then very nicely asked me to take the mic and talk with the folks aboard about those A/C...I obliged, to everyone's delight.
They had a box for Cruise to stand on for shots when he and McGillis were face-to-face. And yes he did lose his lunch in the F-14... don't know how many times. They had to change some scenes since he did not like the flying. And the water rescue turned into pretty much a real rescue, as Cruise sucked up a bunch of salt water and was getting swamped.
She used to have a GREAT bar in Key West ... 'Kelly's' ... (how original) ... a.k.a. the ol' PanAm HQ down there ... it had an OUTSTANDING 'atmosphere' (how could it not????) and O.K. drinks and basically SAT food ... and she showed up there once or twice ... I heard she 'lost it' when her then-hubby went all 'Lance Rentzel' on her ...
She now thinks she's a lesbian ... but then, sometimes I think I am, too ... don't you gotta' LOVE (in the biblical sense) Hollywood ... ???
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