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My impression of the F-16 was that it was like sitting in a recliner on the front of a jet engine.

There is zero extra room anywhere in the F-16. It's like the fighter planes of WW2. You don't sit in it as much as you wear it around you. It's surprising to walk up to it and see just how compact it's all put together.

I sat in an F-16 and have flown the simulator. The seat is high to give the pilot a better view and the seating is tight, not just in height but also shoulder width. We didn't see anyone with any excess body weight in the fighter squadrons despite most of them being Guard and Reserves.

22 posted on 09/06/2023 6:27:51 AM PDT by T.B. Yoits

Yeah...the F-4 definitely felt like you were in a jet. The -16, on a jet. Trying to imagine that at speed or on takeoff and landing was mind-boggling.

25 posted on 09/06/2023 6:37:27 AM PDT by gundog (It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )

Climbing into a B-52 was that way. There’s room to get to your seat. That’s about it.

27 posted on 09/06/2023 6:46:13 AM PDT by gundog (It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )

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