Zero G Flight

What happens on a zero gravity flight?

A zero gravity flight follows a parabolic flight path, which involves three stages. The first part of the trajectory sees the plane - which is specially customized, and includes a padded interior to avoid injury - reach an altitude of 24,000 feet, at which point the nose of the plane is lifted upward to an angle of about 45 degrees until the plane reaches around 32,000 feet.

At this point, the nose of the plane is lowered to a level position during which passengers experience a sense of weightlessness for the next 20-30 seconds. After these few seconds, the nose of the plane is tilted back downward 45 degrees to complete the third and final stage, before it levels off to a normal altitude.

Passengers experience a pull of nearly twice that of gravity (1.8 Gs) during the downward trajectory, at the bottom of the path, as well as the upward climb of the flight, which takes around 65 seconds to complete.