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Tom Cruise too short to be a Navy pilot!!!

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A4sForever

A4sForever

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Godspeed said:
Seems like the T-45 is designed, if anything, for short people......
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That's why, in the 'ol days, it was a beautiful, beautiful thing when we had TWO jet trainers available for the discriminating Naval Air STUD - prospective Naval Aviator to 'select' ...

1. The TA-4: for the tall, handsome, upright, came from a good family, had a good education, married to or were destined to marry a beautiful blond Admiral's daughter .... :captain_1

2. The TF-9: for the rest .... :crazy_125
 
Huggy Bear

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A4sForever said:
That's why, in the 'ol days, it was a beautiful, beautiful thing when we had TWO jet trainers available for the discriminating Naval Air STUD - prospective Naval Aviator to 'select' ...

1. The TA-4: for the tall, handsome, upright, came from a good family, had a good education, married to or were destined to marry a beautiful blond Admiral's daughter .... :captain_1

2. The TF-9: for the rest .... :crazy_125
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I think that has to be the best use of smilies I've seen in a long while. I've been meaning to expand my smiley vocabulary...
 
NavAir42

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A4s,

There was actually an A-4 parked at the hold short at NAS Jax the day I did my PPC check ride. I don't know how tall that guy was, but he looked cramped. It was, however, a strange and wonderful sight to share a holdshort with. No idea who still flies the A-4, but it was nice to see.
 
xj220

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Godspeed said:
Yessir. You'll be allright though... Usually if you're 6' or taller you just have to fly with your head cocked to the side a bit unless you don't mind it resting on the canopy. From what I hear it's not too bad, it just makes figuring out the ILS needles a bit confusing when you're looking at em sideways.

They'll also make you sign an ejection waiver... Basically just stating that if you have to eject, you are ok with the possibility that if the mild detonating cord fails to shatter the canopy (which it frequently does fail), your head will be the canopy shattering device.

No big deal though. :D
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Wait, I was told that you couldn't waive that and the sitting height restrictions were hard. Have things changed at all?
 
Shpion1

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Ahh, come on. You know thats the story that Tom Cruise told them. "Oh, sure I could have been a Topgun, but you see, I was too short, 1" too short".

As an oh by the way, some of you guys may know "Kid" Donegan. About as short a pilot I've seenin the nav. He's done okay.
 
blackbart22

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A friend of mine was about 5'6" and an AD driver. He always said "On takeoff I can see over the nose or get full throw on the rudder. I can't do both."
 
CommodoreMid

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blackbart22 said:
A friend of mine was about 5'6" and an AD driver. He always said "On takeoff I can see over the nose or get full throw on the rudder. I can't do both."
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I feel that. In T-6 land on C4001 doing my first brake check my on wing told me to go easy on it after I managed to slam us forward abruptly. He told me to make sure I wasn't using too much brake I should have my heels on the floor and use just my toes on the brakes. That really doesn't work for me and my midget feet as in order to have my toes on the brakes, my heels are a good couple inches from the floor. So rough brake checks remained the order of the day for me :eek:
 
Boomhower

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People that I know that have actually seen Tom Cruise would question the 5'7" part of that article. I have heard that he isn't an inch over 5'4". I'm sure his "rep" has inflated the height number for him.

Never seen the guy myself, just sayin'.
 
Will_T

Will_T

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What is the hieght restrictions? I mean Im 6'4", so Im guessing I would be too tall for any of the single seat jets, or even as a backseater, but im curious.
 
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