At 18:56 10 February 2020, John Foster wrote:
On Monday, February 10, 2020 at 9:45:04 AM UTC-7, Peter F wrote:
The cheapest & healthiest solution would be to get your weight down to
about 100kg, i.e. A BMI of around 25
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At 14:42 10 February 2020, wrote:
First find a glider that fits. Have you tried any on for size yet?
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Remember to maintain VFR distance from clouds.
You look 210 to me.
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This is true, but it still won't solve the problem of how tall he is. It
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ill still be a bit more of a challenge to find a glider that will fit him
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ith his height of 6'6". And I would venture that any glider that could
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ommodate a pilot that tall, could also accommodate a pilot that heavy.
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er all, it is only a BMI of 27.7, and he would only need to loose 25 lbs
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have a BMI under 25.

Your feet are not on the seat in flight that must be about
10 Kg, or more not on the seat.
KF.