I've been very fortunate with the number of fast jet rides I've been given over the years. Thankfully I only ever puked once and that was during a low level ACM over Cumbria with 74 Sqn when they were flying F-4J's. The one and only time that I suggested we ought to consider heading home, but my trusty pilot ignored me! *sob*
Normally, I think the more manoeuvring you do, the less time you have to think about feeling sick. Certainly, the hardest manoevring was during a very thorough demonstration of a 111 Sqn Phantom courtesy of Achie Liggott and it was too much of an attention-getter to worry about feeling ill! Likewise, lots of g keeps your mind occupied too - heaving some 7.5g turns with the Blue Angels is hard work and hardly something you could desrcibe as fun, but definitely not an environment where you'd start feeling sick - just a bit battered!
I was treated to four displays with the Red Arrows back in April in some truly foul weather (they were at their crosswind limits for two days) and there's no doubt that sitting in four different positions in their formations during flat/rolling displays in rotten weather, gives you nothing but respect for those guys. That really is hard work and mind-boggling to actually see up close. It looks like a controlled car crash and yet when you see the ground video afterwards it looks beautiful!
