Next, the plane pushes over the top of the parabolic arc and the zero-gravity phase begins. During this phase, passengers feel the pull of 1.8 Gs. The pilots then gradually increase the angle of the aircraft to about 45° relative to the horizon until reaching an altitude of 32,000 feet. The process starts with the aircraft flying level with the horizon at an altitude of 24,000 feet. G-FORCE ONE flies in FAA-designated airspace blocks approximately 100 miles long and ten miles wide. Zero-G passengers experience true weightlessness. Specially trained pilots perform these aerobatic maneuvers, which are not simulated in any way. Our specially modified Boeing 727 G-FORCE ONE ® aircraft achieves weightlessness by flying aerobatic maneuvers called parabolas. Zero-G is the world’s only FAA-certified provider of weightless flights, held to the same Part 121 safety standards as passenger airlines. 15 parabolas, including lunar and zero gravity.The Zero-G Experience starts at $9,070 + 5.2% tax and fees per person and includes:
Our specially modified Boeing 727 flies in parabolic arcs to create a weightless environment, allowing you to float, flip, and soar as if you were in space. It’s not a simulation- it’s real life, minus gravity. Visit the National Park Service Travel American Aviation to learn more about Aviation related Historic Sites.The Zero-G Experience ® is a one-of-a-kind opportunity to experience true weightlessness. An annex contains the operating crew dressing and shower area. Adjacent to the Neutral Buoyancy Simulator is a completely equipped test control area for directing, controlling and monitoring simulation activities in the Neutral Buoyancy Simulator. Additional systems include date aquisition and recording, underwater lighting, special underwater pneumatic and electrical power operations of motor, valves, controls, and indicators that are required for high fidelity and functional engineering mockups and trainers. Life support is simultaneously provided by these systems for up to four pressure-suited subjects. An elevator serves all four observation levels and special systems are integrated into the tank for underwater audio and video, pressure-suit environmental control and emergency rescue and treatment. There are four observation levels with portholes to view activities within the simulator. The water within the simulator is temperature controlled, continuously recirculated and filtered. Within the heart of the simulator is a large water tank, 75 feet in diameter and 40 feet deep.
Until the mid-1970s, when an additional facility was constructed at the Johnson Space Flight Center to support the Space Shuttle Program, this facility was the only test facility that allowed astronauts to become familiar with the dynamics of body motion under weightless conditions. Projects Gemini, Apollo, Skylab and the Space Shuttle have all benefited from the Neutral Buoyancy Simulator. Due to its capability to support research and testing of operational techniques and materials needed to successfully perform space-manned missions, the Neutral Buoyancy Simulator contributed significantly to the American manned space program. The Neutral Buoyancy Simulator is a facility that is unique within the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) inventory of training facilities. It was designed by the Army in 1955 to provide a simulated zero-gravity environment in which engineers, designers and astronauts could perform for extended periods of time in simulated environment of outer space. The Neutral Buoyancy Simulator is located in Building 4705 at the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama.
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