I'm 5'11" but my arms are a bit long for my height, and I've always found it difficult to pull the airbrake handle on the G103 past 70% or so, which is about where my left elbow runs out of room. At that point, I have to slide my hand forward over the top of the handle and use my wrist to pull it back any further, and more than once I've slipped doing this maneuver and let the airbrakes close completely, making for some interesting final approaches.

I once asked one of the CFIGs where I fly about attaching a handle extension of some type to the airbrake handle, but the response I got was that a supplemental type certificate would be required.

It's all enough trouble that I don't fly the G103 unless all the 1-seaters are taken. And I can't wait until I own my own one o' them ...

-ted