Zero Gravity Experience

2025-04-16 by adventures

the weighless experience

How does it work?

You get in a big plane, fly up high, then go into a nose dive that matches the 9.8 meters per second squared force of Earth’s gravitational pull, creating weightlessness that lasts about 30 seconds per dive.

We take off in a specially-modified 727 with seats only at the back. When we reach the area safe for us to do our parabolic maneuvers, we go into the empty, padded area in front of the seats. During the climb, we lie flat to pull 1.8 g as we climb to 32,000 feet. The near doubling of g force is not that noticeable as you lie there, unless you try to raise your arms, legs, or head. That’s when you feel it.

Aboard our specially modified Boeing 727, G-FORCE ONE, weightlessness is achieved by doing aerobatic maneuvers known as parabolas. Specially trained pilots perform these aerobatic maneuvers which are not simulated in any way. ZERO-G’s passengers experience true weightlessness.

Before starting a parabola, G-FORCE ONE flies level to the horizon at an altitude of 24,000 feet. The pilots then begins to pull up, gradually increasing the angle of the aircraft to about 45° to the horizon reaching an altitude of 32,000 feet. During this pull-up, passengers will feel the pull of 1.8 Gs. Next the plane is “pushed over” to create the zero gravity segment of the parabola. For the next 20-30 seconds everything in the plane is weightless. Next a gentle pull-out is started which allows the flyers to stabilize on the aircraft floor. This maneuver is repeated 15 times, each taking about ten miles of airspace to perform.

In addition to achieving zero gravity, G-FORCE ONE also flies a parabola designed to offer Lunar gravity (one sixth your weight) and Martian gravity (one third your weight). This is created by flying a larger arc over the top of the parabola.

G-FORCE ONE flies in a FAA designated airspace that is approximately 100 miles long and ten miles wide. Usually three to five parabolas are flown consecutively with short periods of level flight between each set.

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