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To: bedolido

I hope somebody will correct me if I am oversimplifying this, but; the Vomit Comet is not a “zero gravity jet”. The plane flies a parabolic arc which results in the passengers falling at the same speed as the jet. The result is a feeling akin to weightlessness, but not actual weightlessness.


4 posted on 04/27/2007 7:49:17 AM PDT by T.Smith
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To: T.Smith

I beleive you are correct. Just like astronauts in orbit are not at zero gravity.


5 posted on 04/27/2007 7:53:14 AM PDT by jaydubya2
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