Your body probably isn't ready to fly in a fighter jet.
Somewhere high above New Jersey, I yanked the oxygen mask off my face, worried I was about to throw up.
“Rob, how’s it going, man?” Flack asked, his voice coming in through the speakers in my red, white, and blue helmet.We had taken off some 20 minutes earlier, all eight stages of the jet’s afterburners lit and rocketing us down a runway at MacArthur Airport on Long Island. We screamed off the ground and into a partly cloudy blue sky on a windy morning in late May.
It’s hard to describe the frightening sensation of pulling heavy Gs. A crushing feeling pushes you back into your seat. You experience difficulty breathing. The force pushes blood away from your eyes and brain, potentially giving you tunnel vision. It’s not unusual for rookies to feel pummeled by the Gs—some even lose consciousness—and shaken to the point of puking from air sickness.The Air Force sometimes offers journalists the chance to ride in an F-16 when theare in town.
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