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Height Matters: Airmail: Pilot Magazine: June 2010 issue

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June 18, 2010

A recent article in Pilot Magazine highlighted headaches that some women  experience who are not so tall, and unable to reach the rudder pedals in light aeroplanes. We wrote to their airmail section editor informing them that perhaps hand controls that pilots with lower limb disabilities use could be a solutions for those that are of limited height.

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