# Wanna Take A Ride On The "Vomit Comet"?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanna-take-a-ride-on-the-vomit-comet/264618>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [September 16, 2004, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanna-take-a-ride-on-the-vomit-comet/264618 "2004-09-16T00:01:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2004, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanna-take-a-ride-on-the-vomit-comet/264618/1 "2004-09-16T00:01:37Z")

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[Not NASA’s plane, but one that performs the same kind of “tricks”.](http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/zero_g_040914.html)

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> The Zero Gravity Corporation has been given the thumbs up by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to conduct “weightless flights” for the general public, providing the sensation of floating in space.
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> Tickets are on sale for around $3,000.
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> A specially modified Boeing 727-200 aircraft, called G-Force One, will be used during a nationwide tour Sept. 14-24.

$3K’s a little steep (Get it? “Steep”?) for my wallet, but it’s a pretty cool idea.

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**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2004, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanna-take-a-ride-on-the-vomit-comet/264618/2 "2004-09-16T00:55:56Z")

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Cripes, during flight training I “zero-g’d” myself a half-dozen times by accident.

Equally entaining was the reaction of the instructor performing unusual attitude recovery 😃