The amazing machine may be a life-saver as it lets RAF and Navy pilots experience the crushing levels of G force they can face in action. Just like 007 star Roger Moore in Moonraker, the flyers will be spun round at high speed. All Britain’s warplane pilots will be trained on the centrifuge, capable of 34 revolutions a minute and pulling a terrifying nine G force. (Image: Andy Stenning / Daily Mirror)(Image: Crown copyright)The facility, unveiled today at RAF Cranwell in Lincolnshire, costs £44million. Yesterday, one of eight pilots trying Thales’ High-G Training and Test Facility revealed he blacked out for 14 seconds in a Hawk training jet above Scotland.

Source: Daily Mirror February 03, 2019 23:48 UTC