Mary Shafer wrote:

:
: This is why the 9-g F-16 has a semi-reclined seat.

I have heard - mainly from pilots, that this rationale for the
inclined seat is pure spin....

the real reason for the inclined seats, I am told, was that with the
small space available for a cockpit, due to the location of the air
scoop, a more vertical seat would have made the cockpit area
intolerably high and generated tons of drag.



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