Any short pilots out there? - Anthro measurements

[base2final]

Hey All,

Does anybody have experience with the anthro situation for SNAs who are on the shorter side? Any short Naval Aviators out there? I'm a male and 66 inches tall, (5’6”). Is my short stature going to be an issue for qualifying on airframes? I checked NAVAIR 3710.1, but I still have some concerns. It seems like most posts about the height topic are coming from the tall dudes but little insight for those with short stature.

Any information is helpful information. Thanks!

 

[FormerRecruitingGuru]

Hey All,

Does anybody have experience with the anthro situation for SNAs who are on the shorter side? Any short Naval Aviators out there? I'm a male and 66 inches tall, (5’6”). Is my short stature going to be an issue for qualifying on airframes? I checked NAVAIR 3710.1, but I still have some concerns. It seems like most posts about the height topic are coming from the tall dudes but little insight & few accounts for those with short stature.

Any information is helpful information. Thanks!

I’m almost certain I’ve seen posts from female student aviators/applicants here with concerns on height from the shorter “side” of things.

Even so, check out the NAMI and NAVAIR guides, the guidance there is cut and dry.

 

[ea6bflyr]

Hey All,

Does anybody have experience with the anthro situation for SNAs who are on the shorter side? Any short Naval Aviators out there? I'm a male and 66 inches tall, (5’6”). Is my short stature going to be an issue for qualifying on airframes? I checked NAVAIR 3710.1, but I still have some concerns. It seems like most posts about the height topic are coming from the tall dudes but little insight for those with short stature.

Any information is helpful information. Thanks!

You are well within standards for height (SNA 62”-77”). The other measurements might trip you up. Anthropometric measurements: Sitting height, butt-knee length, and thumb-tip reach.
Check out this instruction.

 

[Skywalker]

The only people I ever saw get airframe limited because they were too short were much shorter than you - thinking particularly of one or two women who were right at 5'0" and were on the lower limit for ejection seat weights. I don't recall any of them being told that they could never fly anything, just that they were airframe limited. Ultimately you'll have to run the NAMI gauntlet and see, but you're probably fine.

 

[MIDNJAC]

IMO not worth stressing about. Nothing you can do about it anyway, and there are plenty of short people flying every airframe in the inventory. Admirals even. There are also about a million health conditions that NAMI could discover. You could probably spend 25 hours a day stressing about NAMI if you really thought about it too much. However most of us make it through just fine, anthros, and otherwise.

 

[Mouselovr]

Wouldnt worry about it.

Guy in my OCS was a short king at like 5'4. He was only DQed from jets.
A girl in my class was also told she was too short for jets. When she was re-measured at Pensacola with the more precise anthros, she was re-qualified for all airframes.

 

[RocksAndWedes]

Smidge over 5'4 and I was only DQ'd from the Harrier and a Coast Guard helicopter. Wasn't DQ'd from anything in the Navy actual.

 

[MIDNJAC]

Smidge over 5'4 and I was only DQ'd from the Harrier and a Coast Guard helicopter. Wasn't DQ'd from anything in the Navy actual.

DQ'd from the worst things. Nice! Is going Harriers even a valid threat anymore? "Do all the work, bring a half bomb to the fight for 3 minutes and then RTB" classic harriers.