> Unfortunately, when the g load starts winding up past 7g, the recorder head
> slips of the tape and you lose the picture - so much for technology, doh!
> Still, this was years ago, maybe they've gone digital now?
Digital or not it's still tape and spinning heads (or possibly flash memory, but only very very recently). However, while they fully expected this to happen when shooting the Red Arrows stuff recently, it didn't. This was with the HDCAM-SR tape format and (I believe) SRW-1 tape decks, which are usually used in no more strenuous circumstances than a camera dolly.
Phil