Ha! So true.
The best birthday present I ever got was a ride in an AT-6 Texan. When I asked
the pilot "is it really safe to punch out these 50 year old aircraft" he
demonstrated that it indeed was by performing a full 30 minutes of combat
maneuvers. I saw the G meter in front of me hit the mid to high 5s a few
times. Even though my entire body was immobilized jello, I was feeling pretty
studly just being able to grunt hard enough to keep from passing out until I
realized that the pilot was going through the same G forces I was, and he was
flying an airplane at the same time (with a great deal of finesse, I might
add).
Puts it all in perspective.
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-ba-autox@autox.team.net
[mailto:owner-ba-autox@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Lolita and Mike
Sent: Friday, December 21, 2001 19:40
To: Kelly, Katie; ba-autox@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Results from Round 6
on 12/21/01 10:37, Kelly, Katie at kkelly@spss.com wrote:
> There's got to be some skill involved in drag racing, otherwise EVERYONE
would
> be doing it.
Anyone who has experienced multiple "G" acceleration/deceleration and tried
to make their body DO something while it's happening would tend to agree.
MJ
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