So, what does a "typical" pilot look like?

[John Baker]

On another thread that was a rant about a shower room pig at his gym, someone mentioned the look of a typical pilot as being older, balding, paunchy, etc.

I'm 68, not balding at all, a little bit of a gut, 6'1" tall, 180 lbs. My hair is gray. I've found that Hawaiian shirts are comfortable, so that is what I wear, Levis shrink to fit 501s, walking shoes that look more like loafers except with laces.

So, with me, he was pretty close. I'm a "typical" pilot I guess.

John

 

[Jim Logajan]

5'9" 167 lbs. 55 years old. Mostly bald under that hat; graying sideburns.
Mostly wear blue jeans and short sleeve button-down shirts. Rockports - great all around shoes.

 

[Jim Logajan]

Not if they are glider pilots. Then they wear bucket hats.

The hat I'm wearing in my picture is not technically a bucket hat, but I wore it during flight training in gliders. I don't own a baseball cap - nor a football helmet. The hat is a matter of self-preservation against sunburn up top - and to avoid blinding people by the reflection.

 

[Jim Logajan]

I used to wear a ball cap before I started shaving my head down. My hair gets unruly when longer, and unruly hair gets stuffed under a ball cap. Now I just cut it down to 1/8" and when it starts to act up, it gets shaved down again.

I think you shaved it down too much - now you look like a golf ball!

 

[Jim Logajan]

I think these might be fun.

Ahoy matey - wrong kind of epaulette. AVweb's Paul Bertorelli seems to have the right idea, as the dang things breed like rabbits in this video: