Tall man trainer

Frank,

At aero, friedrichshaven this year, i was on the HPH stand and had a couple

of really tall guys who came to the stand. one claimed that he could find
no
single seater which would fit him.... In no time and without too much
difficulty he got comfortable in the hph shark ... much to his amazement.

i took a Shark jet demonstrator to Dunstable and lofty russell flew it,
without
removing the backrest..... so he was not the limit in terms of size. Many
single seaters have really snug cockpits, but the HpH Shark seems to be
able
to accomodate all sizes really well....

Craig
At 19:47 24 September 2013, Frank Whiteley wrote:
Got a call today as a referral from the SSA office. What trainer is
suitab=
le for a 6'6" long torso man? He visited Blue Ridge Soaring Society and
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ied to fit in both a K-21 and an L-23 to no avail. I have no experience
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th a Puchacz or DG-500/1000 series. I expect he could fit in a 2-32, if
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e was available. I know one club that is operating two. Perhaps a
K-7/13,=
though it's been a long while since I tried one on, so I don't recall
how
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generous they are length wise. He seemed open to travelling to a
commercia=
l operator if that was the way to get trained and rated.

Assuming he succeeds, then which single seaters that can handle someone
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t tall. I know tall pilots that fly/flew the ASW-20, Jantar Std 2,
G-102,
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but none were 6'6". 6'7" 'Lofty' Russell flew a modified Kestrel 19 and
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asflugel 604. I thought I heard he later had a Ventus. How big is the
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esis 2? Other, newer ships?

TIA,

Frank Whiteley