Thursday, 05 May 2005 |
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Neil Armstrong did it on the moon, Jane Fonda did it in Barbarella,
even Kylie has done it in one of her film clips. Were talking zero
gravity floating. Swedish company XERO is the first in the world to
offer commercial zero gravity flights other than space agencies in the
U.S. Through a unique inflatable design aircraft interior and flying
manoeuvres which work on extreme drops in gravity, passengers can
experience the same weightlessness felt by astronauts in space. The
chance to defy gravity lasts 30 seconds and is repeated to accumulate a
total of 12 to 15 minutes of zero gravity. The IL-76 MDK aircraft,
specially designed and modified for zero gravity flights, measures
inside 3,5 meters wide, 3,5 meters high and 14 meters long. The
aircraft will accommodate 12 passengers who are supervised by
professional crew from Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Centre. All of
this sci fi fun takes place in Kiruna, which is nestled 200 km above
the Arctic Circle and is one of the preferred tourism destinations in
northern Sweden. A professional film crew accompany passengers on board
and present them with a DVD memento of their once in a lifetime
weightless experience. www.xero.se |
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GRAVITY-DEFYING FLIGHTS 
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