{"id":3031,"date":"2015-12-16T17:27:01","date_gmt":"2015-12-16T17:27:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.migflug.com\/jetflights\/?p=3031"},"modified":"2026-09-04T09:46:51","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T07:46:51","slug":"flying-a-fighter-jet-is-tougher-than-top-gun-suggests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/flying-a-fighter-jet-is-tougher-than-top-gun-suggests\/","title":{"rendered":"Flying a Fighter Jet is tougher than ‘Top Gun’ suggests"},"content":{"rendered":"

Impressed by Top Gun? You shouldn't be.<\/h2>\nUsually Hollywood exagerates, when we talk about fighter pilots and Top Gun, that's probably not the case. There is a few rather scary things of being an Air Force pilot or Navy pilot. Here is three\u00a0points that fighter pilots have to deal with:\n

1. G-Forces<\/h2>\nWe are talking about insane G-Forces here. During a recent Edge of Space Flight<\/a> in the MiG-29<\/a>, one of our customers had 9.2Gs. And he said it was pretty cumbersome\u00a0and exhausting. To make sure - he explicitely wanted to make a new record for passenger fligths in the MiG-29. So this is not at all normal. And he was also wearing G-Suits. But still, that can be painful. We wrote an other post about G-Forces<\/a>\u00a0and how they work in case you are interested. Here is one of our favorite examples of the so-called G-LOC:\n\n