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BUT we know an average sized male pilot in 1940 was cramped sitting in the 109 cockpit, with his head almost touching, or even touching, the canopy (see earlier video posted on this forum a few weeks ago, showing modern youtube video of a pilot for an english tv show sitting in...)...
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Average size of a male human in the 1930s in Germany was 167cm. Most fighterpilots, like Galland and especially Udet were almost not commissioned, because they were too small for the military standards. Comparing that to a modern man with an average size of 176cm for Europeans is silly.
Beyond that: Totally agree with TB56. Same fuss every week. I hate missing Oleg or Luthier's posts later in the thread, but I tend to just read the first page of a thread and ignore the rest. Total waste of time and energy.
07-30-2010, 12:26 PM
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