Air-Minded: A Matter of Some Gravity
Here’s a way to think about pulling Gs and why it hurts: if you weigh 200 pounds, at 9 Gs you’ll weigh 1,800. Consider that for a moment. Ready for your centrifuge ride?
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Here’s a way to think about pulling Gs and why it hurts: if you weigh 200 pounds, at 9 Gs you’ll weigh 1,800. Consider that for a moment. Ready for your centrifuge ride?
TIL (today I learned) that a tube of flavored Chapstick, placed in a drawer ten years ago and then forgotten, goes rancid.
Snakes on a plane, meet contraband crocodile.
I read something yesterday and had a nostalgia attack. There are days I really miss the Air Force!
Photos from today’s visit to Pima Air and Space Museum.
SR-71s were generally called Blackbirds, but the ones at Kadena were nicknamed Habus after the venomous pit vipers native to Okinawa.
Yes, I’m a boy when it comes to aviation. I hope I always am.
Whew, that was close!