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Topic: Weightless experience with Zero G Corporation
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englau
Member Posts: 110
From: tampa, florida, usa
Registered: Mar 2012
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posted 05-30-2012 12:40 AM
   
I was curious to know if anyone has ever looked into or even flown on one of the Zero G flights that are offered. I saw Zero-G Corporation offers experiences and packages. Does anyone have personal experiences with it?If so, how long is the experience and do you recommend it?
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Mr. Apollo 17
Member Posts: 55
From: Ashland, OH USA
Registered: Feb 2012
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posted 06-07-2012 03:05 PM
I've never done it, but it sounds fun! You are in weightlessness for about 20 to 30 seconds at a time in a modified 727. It probably isn't as cool as flying weightless in space, though. I know from reading "Magnificent Desolation" that Buzz Aldrin flies on them sometimes, maybe you will get on a flight with him! |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42981
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 06-07-2012 03:13 PM
I've yet to fly on G-Force One, Zero-G Corp's aircraft, but I have a number of friends who have and greatly enjoyed the experience. My parabolic flight was aboard a Russian Ilyushin 76 MDK, which offered the same opportunity but with more interior room to float. |
p51
Member Posts: 1642
From: Olympia, WA
Registered: Sep 2011
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posted 06-08-2012 12:23 AM
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Originally posted by Robert Pearlman:
My parabolic flight was aboard a Russian Ilyushin 76 MDK...
I've done it several times in fighters and military aircraft but was always strapped down. I could spin pens in mid-air, stuff like that but nothing else. Someday I hope to get the experience you had... |
Blackarrow
Member Posts: 3118
From: Belfast, United Kingdom
Registered: Feb 2002
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posted 06-08-2012 01:06 PM
You can get a couple of seconds of zero-G in a glider by carrying out a mini-version of the "vomit-comet" manoeuvre. Obviously no room to float around, but just about enough time to see a pair of sunglasses floating in front of your face. |
stsmithva
Member Posts: 1933
From: Fairfax, VA, USA
Registered: Feb 2007
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posted 06-08-2012 06:43 PM
I've spoken with someone who enjoyed it. The only problem is the price tag: over $5,000. |
MCroft04
Member Posts: 1634
From: Smithfield, Me, USA
Registered: Mar 2005
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posted 01-05-2016 10:44 PM
I am signed up for a zero G flight in February (along with Bill and Daniel). Aside from not getting sick does anyone have any advice? |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42981
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 01-06-2016 08:28 AM
Mel, great to read you're signed up to go zero-g! My best advice is at some point during the flight, take a moment to just soak in the experience. By all means, take part in the activities and gymnastics led by Zero-G's trainers, but if you can, devote some or all of one parabola to just trying to commit to memory what it feels like to be weightless. Have fun, and please do share your experience afterwards! |
p51
Member Posts: 1642
From: Olympia, WA
Registered: Sep 2011
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posted 01-06-2016 11:58 AM
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Originally posted by stsmithva:
I've spoken with someone who enjoyed it. The only problem is the price tag: over $5,000.
Yikes.This is why I don't take it seriously when anyone speaks of the day when "normal" people get to go past the Karman Line. If something as simple as Zero-G costs that much, I doubt there'll be room for people who aren't rich (other than real astronauts, of course) to go into space for any reason. Certainly not in my lifetime nor the generation after me, I think... |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42981
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 01-06-2016 12:05 PM
Now through Jan. 15, the price for flights scheduled through February is $4,207.50 (plus tax), a 15 percent discount. |
OLDIE
Member Posts: 267
From: Portsmouth, England
Registered: Sep 2004
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posted 01-07-2016 03:58 AM
As a cheaper option, why not try the Tower of Terror in Disney World's Hollywood Studios. During your 13 story "free fall" you might experience a few milliseconds of weightlessness. |
Hart Sastrowardoyo
Member Posts: 3445
From: Toms River, NJ
Registered: Aug 2000
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posted 01-07-2016 10:55 AM
I was on standby to do so on G-Force One, to the point where they about to leave and had one slot open and I was frantically scribbling my name to all the paperwork. Alas, the person showed up....I've told this story before, but it bears repeating. Leland Melvin was at elementary school, trying to get across what zero-G was like. "What do you feel when you get to the top of a roller coaster?" he asked the class. "Sick," was the response. |
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