You can just see it in his eyes. It's a combination of fear disbelief in
what he's seeing discomfort and general awesomeness blended together.
Photographer Blair Bunting was able to take a joy ride with the Thunderbirds
and it looks like it was so much fun.
Like an unreal amount of fun.
Bunting told us what it was like to experience 9 G's:
Now let me try my best to explain what 9 G's feels like… Firstly, in no way is
it comfortable, not even close. I began to feel my face melting away as the
skin in my cheeks pulled down to my mouth. The color from my vision was the
next thing to fade away, first the reds, then the greens. Squeezing like hell
I did everything I could to get air into my lungs as the G-suit wrenched it out.
With all the color of a 1950's television set, the next thing I noticed was that
waves were starting to develop in my vision and a vignette appeared. All the
while I am listening to the pilot's breathing and trying my hardest to match it.
At any point I could relax and immediately be unconscious, only to wake up
and wonder where I am, but I had trained too hard to let this happen.
Then, just as G's set had set in, they began to leave and normalcy appeared.
However, if I were to relax at that point, the blood would leave my brain to
fast and knock me out as well, so I continually squeeze as the G's lift and my
body slowly returns to what sanity it had left.
I'm going to say it was worth it for the ride of a lifetime.
Interested ..... The Video.
Enjoy the video in full screen and in HD, if you want.
Use earphones to hear the sounds.
Blair Bunting, Flies With The Thunderbirds.
player.vimeo.com/video/93213093
Regards.
what he's seeing discomfort and general awesomeness blended together.
Photographer Blair Bunting was able to take a joy ride with the Thunderbirds
and it looks like it was so much fun.
Like an unreal amount of fun.
Bunting told us what it was like to experience 9 G's:
Now let me try my best to explain what 9 G's feels like… Firstly, in no way is
it comfortable, not even close. I began to feel my face melting away as the
skin in my cheeks pulled down to my mouth. The color from my vision was the
next thing to fade away, first the reds, then the greens. Squeezing like hell
I did everything I could to get air into my lungs as the G-suit wrenched it out.
With all the color of a 1950's television set, the next thing I noticed was that
waves were starting to develop in my vision and a vignette appeared. All the
while I am listening to the pilot's breathing and trying my hardest to match it.
At any point I could relax and immediately be unconscious, only to wake up
and wonder where I am, but I had trained too hard to let this happen.
Then, just as G's set had set in, they began to leave and normalcy appeared.
However, if I were to relax at that point, the blood would leave my brain to
fast and knock me out as well, so I continually squeeze as the G's lift and my
body slowly returns to what sanity it had left.
I'm going to say it was worth it for the ride of a lifetime.
Interested ..... The Video.
Enjoy the video in full screen and in HD, if you want.
Use earphones to hear the sounds.
Blair Bunting, Flies With The Thunderbirds.
player.vimeo.com/video/93213093
Regards.