Zero G Flight - in Zero Gravity! USA/RUSSIA

Zero G Flight in USA
Weightless Flight - in Zero Gravity!

Imagine being weightless above the Sunshine State as you cruise on board of a Boeing B727! Or nearby Las Vegas, or at the summerstate California. On one side there is the Atlantic Ocean, one of the most diverse and amazing bodies of water, glistens below while the sun glints off the silver wings of “G-Force One,” a parabolic certified aircraft presented for your use by Zero Gravity Corporation.

Your adventure begins from the famous Kennedy Space Center or you can choose to take this exciting flight from Las Vegas, Nevada or other destinations Since 2004, Zero Gravity has been able to offer you the experience of a lifetime in their B727 aircraft.

Like the Russian Iljushin 76 MDK, this aircraft possesses the ability to pull enough G’s in order to allow its passengers to achieve weightlessness. NASA, the world famous American space agency, has used this aircraft for years, along with the Boeing 707 (also known by the military as the KC135 – used in hurricane hunter flights for its amazing stabilizing ability) to train its astronauts in weightless maneuvering.

Once you’re off the ramp, safely buckled into your comfortable seats – just like a first-class jetliner seat – it takes less than 30 minutes to get to the Gulf of Mexico. Your pilot eases the aircraft up to a cruising altitude of 21,300 feet. An onboard/inflight check is completed, and then you’re allowed to get up and move around the cabin of the aircraft.

When conditions are just right, the pilots apply full thrust to the powerful jet engines, and with a roar that will echo in your ears every time you relate this event to your envious friends, the jet rises at sharp 45 degree angle upward to an approximate altitude of 34,000 feet.

You feel 2 full G’s of force and then it happens…
Weightless Flight (also known as Parabolic Flight) is achieved by flying G-FORCE ONE through a parabolic flight maneuver. Our specially trained pilots fly these maneuvers between and altitude of approximately 24,000 and 34,000 feet. Lasting about one minute, from start to finish, each parabola takes 10 miles of airspace to perform.

The maneuver feels somewhat like a roller coaster ride, rising up at approximately 45 degrees with the nose up in the air. Then the plane is 'pushed over' the top to achieve the zero-gravity for the parabolas. For approximately the next 30 seconds everything, and everyone, in the plane is weightless. Then the pilot eases the plane into a 30 degree pull-out, which allows you to steady yourself on the aircraft floor. Your instructor is there with you the whole time, to ensure your safety. The pilot then readies the plane so you can go again! This process is repeated 15 times, including a 1/6 G (moon) and 1/3 G (Mars)!

Your Zero Gravity adventure continues with a tour of the Kennedy Space Center, home of the Space Shuttle! Here you will learn about the high tech facilities and great minds that it takes to further our ability to explore space, and the history of space exploration.

On your flight home, you can reminisce about your latest experience on G-Force One… and you know that the ground will never feel the same again!

Zero-G Flight in Russia

Experience a Parabolic Flight onboard an Ilyushin 76 MDK of the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Centre in Star City!

An Adventure in Absolute Weightlessness!

Who hasn’t watched the shuttle astronauts floating around inside the space station and felt the tug of curiosity and a little pang of jealousy… You know you’ve said it… Those five little words… “How cool would that be?”

Don’t be a bystander any longer! You can experience the un-Earthly feeling of weightlessness, the thrill of zero gravity, and the excitement of training the way the Cosmonauts do. The Ilyushin 76 MDK is the largest parabola aircraft in the world, and the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center has trained many of Russia’s top cosmonauts… and now this closely monitored and guarded exclusive training is available to select civilians!

Picture yourself here… 6,000 meters above the ground, above the clouds, the earth growing smaller. It seems like you’ve paused, midair, but you’re rising in a steep 45 degree angle. Then you feel it… two full G’s of force as the thrust is removed and suddenly you’re weightless! It’s your turn to soar! For the first time, you are able to experience what astronauts and cosmonauts alike have experienced, and you have to the answer to your question… “It is wayyyyyyyyy cool!”

Safe and sound you float weightlessly in the specially designed cargo bay of the Ilyushin, while the experienced instructors, from the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center (GCTC) in Star City, share with you the secrets of weightlessness. Carefully constructed to prevent injury, you explore your weightless environment for approximately 25 seconds, then you feel it again…Gravity! You’re blasting off at a 45-degree angle again, readying yourself for another go at weightlessness.

During your flight, you’ll enjoy the experience of being completely weightless approximately 12 to 15 times, and each time is as exhilarating as the first! You can count yourself as one of the less than 1,000 humans who have had the privilege of this amazing defiance of earthly bounds.

Accompanying you on your journey is Andreas Bergweiler, a connoisseur of Russian space travel. Mr. Bergweiler has participated in many of the trainings for cosmonauts, including zero gravity flights, MiG 25 “Edge of Space” flights, Water Survival for Cosmonauts, centrifuge rides and so much more!! To read more about Mr. Bergweiler, take a look at his online Internet diary at www.space-odyssey.com Or, why not ask him about his experiences yourself, while floating weightlessly during your own zero gravity space experience!!