“People get very excited about being unrestrained by gravity. Then, just before liftoff, travelers will sit through a safety orientation, during which the Zero-G team will explain the do’s and don’ts of going weightless. G-Force One will be taking flight out of the New York area between August and September. Guests will also be fed a breakfast of bagels and other light fare, because it’s “important to have something neutral on your stomach before experiencing zero gravity,” Gohd noted, adding that flyers typically don’t get nauseous during the flight. “Before the weightless experience even gets started, passengers will get a helicopter ride out of Midtown to the Statue of Liberty for some aerial sightseeing, then to Newark Airport,” Gohd said.Īfter taking a rapid COVID-19 test and going through a TSA security screening, passengers will receive their FAA-approved flight suits, to be worn atop their regular clothes during the astronaut-like mission. Virgin Galactic/UPI/Shutterstock, Joe Raedle/Getty Images Branson (left) and Bezos each spent millions of dollars to spend less than six minutes of total weightlessness during their respective outer space excursions this month.
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19.Įach Zero-G flight accommodates up to 28 passengers, and folks ranging from ages 8 to 98 are welcome. Flyers with special needs and severe medical conditions are also free to join in on the floating fun, but they should consult a health care professional for permission before boarding.īig Apple adventurers will be transported by Blade helicopter from Manhattan to Newark Airport, where their anti-gravity excursion will begin. The experience will also be available to escape-to-space enthusiasts in Rochester on Sept. And city dwellers can get their taste of outer space from Sept. G-Force One is set to take off in Westhampton Aug. Stephen Hawking, Martha Stewart and Kate Upton - who did a sexy Sports Illustrated Swimsuit photo shoot in a Zero-G chamber - are among the famous faces who have gone on weightless expeditions.Ī post shared by Kate Upton flying, floating, doing somersaults and back flips in midair with minimal effort,” Gohd added. “It’s like magic.” The company has been conducting FAA-approved, commercial zero-gravity flights since 2004. “There’s literally nothing in this world like the feeling of being in no gravity,” said Gohd, an Oakland, Calif., native who left his job as a Wall Street investment adviser to run Zero-G two years ago. And Bezos’s July 20 trip afforded him only four minutes of complete freedom from gravity. But Branson, who took flight on July 11, enjoyed five minutes of weightlessness. “Overall, passengers will experience about eight minutes of weightlessness,” Gohd said, adding, “That’s twice the amount of time Branson and Bezos experienced it for a fraction of the cost.”īoth tycoons spent millions on their respective extraterrestrial joyrides. The Zero-G experience is coming to the city to give New Yorkers a weightless, astronaut-like experience similar to that of Richard Branson and Jeff Bezos. The parabolas create a weightless environment for flyers inside the aircraft’s padded 30-foot cabin. Highly trained flight coaches will be aboard to supervise. The plane, devoid of seats or furniture, flies in 15 parabolic arcs - aerobatic maneuvers similar to roller coaster arches - between 24,000- and 32,000-foot altitudes. “We’re giving you the same incomparable feeling that Bezos and Branson just felt during their recent flights,” Zero-G CEO Matt Gohd, 65, told The Post.įor $7,500 a person, the space entertainment and tourism company will take passengers on a 90-minute flight in a specially modified Boeing 727 aircraft, dubbed G-Force One, later this summer. Zero Gravity Corp., or Zero-G, is giving New Yorkers an otherworldly opportunity to experience weightlessness like an astronaut - or like billionaires Richard Branson, 71, and Jeff Bezos, 57. ‘Y’all on damage control’: Southwest Airlines slammed for feel-good dog videoįor space travel hopefuls in NYC, the weight is over.
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