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Constance_Perm wrote:http://alt.coxnewsweb.com/ajc/swf/blueangels/blueangels.swf

that'd be awesome.... how long would it take training wise not to pass out?!?

nuggety goodness wrote:

Constance_Perm wrote:http://alt.coxnewsweb.com/ajc/swf/blueangels/blueangels.swf

that'd be awesome.... how long would it take training wise not to pass out?!?

You'd have to be as fit as say a F1 driver if not fitter, and hours and hours of training in a pressure suit, to reach the level of not passing out.
I'd have a crack, but I'd doubt I'd fit into the seat.....

No way!!!

Probably pretty safe but i'd be chuckin me guts up!

Im with you Browny, I think heart failure would be a very realistic possibility in my case.

I would rather go in an F1 car!

Pass.

I have done most of that - albeit in a single engine aircraft. A mate of mine is a pilot with Cathay and he has an aerobatics rating. He took me for a "scenic flight" out of Parafield one day. We tracked down to Seaford, along the coast at 500 ft, and then he decided to have some fun at my expense. Things like a stall dive - he switched off, pretended we had lost power, we fell from the sky for a while and then he re-started the engine. The up climbing reverse loop - a bit like a roller coaster. The barrel roll - not so good.

You can really feel the blood moving in and out of your brain. No ginger gum for me, and fortunately no bag required either. Can't say I enjoyed it, but can say I've done it. I cant imagine it in a F-18 or similar though - much bigger Gs and much faster/instant movement. So after the Cessna or whatever it was, I'd say no thanks.

Squawk wrote:and then he decided to have some fun at my expense. Things like a stall dive - he switched off, pretended we had lost power, we fell from the sky for a while and then he re-started the engine.

Mate or no mate, the second we were back down on the tarmac with engine off I would have belted the living suitcase out of him ... I got serious butterflies just reading that story!!

The guy turns into a zombie! Pretty scary shit!
I reckon I'd turn into a zombie for real in the same situation. I cannot even handle the roller coaster for sudden direction changes, the G-forces make me feel like I am going to throw. I have done a couple of bungee jumps though, strange that those are okay but roller coasters aren't.
Bloody gutsy for the guy to go on with it. I'd be begging to go down just after lift off. What a bloody steep ascent!

Constance_Perm wrote:

Squawk wrote:and then he decided to have some fun at my expense. Things like a stall dive - he switched off, pretended we had lost power, we fell from the sky for a while and then he re-started the engine.

Mate or no mate, the second we were back down on the tarmac with engine off I would have belted the living suitcase out of him ... I got serious butterflies just reading that story!!

I would have done what my mates used to do in my car years ago ... chucked up in the plane and not told him and wait for the carrots to ripen.

When Dog_ger was at his peak, yes.

But now, that's what happens when I take the bus to town...

I tell the driver I want stop 42 on the way home....

Constance_Perm wrote:

Squawk wrote:and then he decided to have some fun at my expense. Things like a stall dive - he switched off, pretended we had lost power, we fell from the sky for a while and then he re-started the engine.

Mate or no mate, the second we were back down on the tarmac with engine off I would have belted the living suitcase out of him ... I got serious butterflies just reading that story!!

I know where he lives and have found my revenge at various times!

Wouldn't get me flying in something like that even if my life depended on it...seen the sort of eejits that fix planes like those...Araldite, bodge tape and a hammer - an engineers best friends

Regards
JAS

browny2323 wrote:I would rather go in an F1 car!

& i'd rather go with a blonde

I do that every day CP.
Maybe you haven't seen my driving ?

I was expecting this to be a picture of woman CP .

wycbloods wrote:I was expecting this to be a picture of woman CP .

Save those for email mate

I'd have a go - the most G I've pulled was 3.75 - doing a loop in a glider.