6’ 170, never had problems getting in or out of, well anything

Not a gymnast but I can easily touch my toes standing up and kick to my heads height

I’d say stretching and weight loss would be the biggest help

Seen it with all sorts of planes where I had a SIC or a student who couldn’t lift one leg up much, they are often on the larger side.

Isn’t it called a Malibuya! ?

In pretty much any plane, one hand for you one for the ship, I’ll throw my far leg into the footwell area, lift my right leg, put my ass in the seat, belts, adjust controls, spin her up and rock and roll

This right here. Our Meridian for first timers up front was tough, but you got it down after 10 goes. 6'3" x 185 lbs but the height is slowly translating to width these days. It still took "clicking in" to the ceiling detent. Maybe a revised seat foam was the way to go but our Meridian days are behind us.

What makes it funny is that you have to enter a PA46 in the back and shimmy between the seats to get up front. Whoever goes first gets a butt in their face. That's when it gets funny. The G36 with its lesser cabin volume accommodates occupants with more dignity.

At 6’ 2” and 227-260 I could get in nearly everything as a young man. At 6’ 2” and 199, as an older man, it is much harder to bend into the left or right seat of rear loading pilot seats. The 182, Cherokee Six, Baron, Cougar, and TravelAir are easy since you enter on the side.

Even as a guest on a KingAir or Avanti or Slowtation, I prefer the rear seats! A friend of a friend is getting a CirrusJet and on a demo flight the right seats was easy to get into as the pilot seat went pretty far back.

No different than getting into a Duke. You can unintentionally make it to second or third base with the first person seated, so pick your pilot or copilot wisely!!!