Can one learn to fly helicopters without a fortune?

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I think it was taller than 5’6", I met some of the Kiwi Red team back in the days when NZ had a strike force and the guys were normal height. As you alluded to, the critical measurement is the length of your thigh.
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Thanks- I knew it was something along those lines! At any rate, I’m too tall and too broad-shouldered to fly in an A4-K Skyhawk, so even when the RNZAF was operating them there was no way I was going to be a jet fighter pilot, unfortunately…

I was the right size but too slack. Spent more time out of school than in and didn’t get the required grades.