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The US Government does it stupid (also: airplanes are fucking awesome)
Patrick:
--- Quote from: supersheep on 07 May 2009, 11:30 ---
--- Quote from: LTK on 06 May 2009, 10:03 ---It actually would, if the average person were able to keep from fainting during the ride. Wasn't that because of the blood flow to your brain stopping?
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They shove you in a special suit that is super-tight to stop the blood running away from your head (or something similar, not sure of the technical details.)
It's like wearing Gene's jeans, but all over.
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A G-suit is just a regular-seeming pair of pants with bladders that fill with compressed air if the plane's computer senses that the level of positive Gs is getting higher than a certain limit (not sure exactly where that G limit stands), which squeezes the blood out of the legs in the way you described. The ankles are also waterproof, if I recall, which helps for flotation and thermal insulation in case the pilot is shot down and has to eject over water.
They do nothing for your figure.
David_Dovey:
And now #1 on my list of things I do not ever want to do in my life:
*drumroll*
Red out.
Eurgh.
Ballard:
Yeah that's pretty unpleasant huh.
Alex C:
--- Quote from: Ballard on 07 May 2009, 09:29 ---Also I'm pretty sure the two 747s that use the Air Force One call sign are easily distinguishable from the ground by their bright silver painted bellies.
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This is really only useful if you knew that Air Force One has a bright silver painted belly.
Masterbainter:
pretty sure planes are evil, since they kill people and all.
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