The Only Women Who Will Be Permitted To Fly The F-35 Are Those Who Are 'Heavy'

Eric Palmer Blog: RAAF-Give me your heavy women

A recent USAF statement (PDF) shows that the F-35 ejection system needs a pilot of about 136 pounds minimum for the flight profile of the ejection seat to work.

This was kind of always known for us that have observed the program for years. Ejection-seats do a lot of things well. But there is always an upper and lower limit. You can also eat your way out of the cockpit.

Here is a summary of the issue facing the F-35 and ejection survival.

"The seat needs enough oomph to get the heaviest pilot in the 95th percentile range out of the airplane in the worst-case scenario (which I believe is that in which the lift fan takes a poo and the jet starts falling out of the sky while flipping ass-over-teakettle).

WNU Editor: Hmmmm ... Lt. Col. Christine Mau does not look heavy (see above video).