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To: icwhatudo

OH FOR JIMINY CRICKETS!!

Whoever informed the author of this inquiry that ‘the pilots don’t wear G-suits ‘because it would interfere with the control of the stick’, must still be flying the last version of a simflight computer gasme!!!!!

The maneuvers that the Blue Angels, the Thunderbirds, and ALL military jet pilots perform, are flight school, and, combat maneuvers, to demonstrate the agility of the airframe, which means that they MUST, by military flight regs, wear a G-suit.

Oh, BYW, it is no longer the design G-suit that the pilot standing next to a Lockheed F-104 Starfighter, with all the externAL tubibg. It is an extended vest and upper thigh covering, which compresses to keep the blood into the torso and to the head, to prevent blackouts.

Yes, the pilots can pull 9 or more g’s, and yes, with an untrained backseat rider, the G’s will be less. But still, if they offer you a large meal before flying ... take my advice and don’t. It will allow the ground crew an easier time cleaning up that rear cockpit area, from all of your, um, blessings!


9 posted on 02/07/2015 7:22:54 PM PST by Terry L Smith
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To: Terry L Smith
Having seen the Blue Angles walk out to the aircraft. many times, they do not suit up. Flight suits only. They are strapped into the ejection seat with parachutes.

Your outrage is sadly misplaced, I will leave it at that.

15 posted on 02/07/2015 7:41:35 PM PST by doorgunner69
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To: Terry L Smith

Favorite prank of pilots giving a Fam Ride to someone ( ie a non flyer out for a spin), is to tell you to “look left”, then break hard right or vice versa when you turn your head. The G force on the middle ear causes immediate and severe vertigo and a prompt emptying of the stomach contents for most people....


17 posted on 02/07/2015 7:42:29 PM PST by Kozak ("It may be dangerous to be America's enemy, but to be America's friend is fatal" Henry Kissinger)
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