My first experience with high g was during a mock dogfight with another student in a Wirraway/T6/Harvard. No g meter so number unknown. Guess it was about 5g.
Faded quickly into unconsciousness during which my back pressure on the stick relaxed. Came to all confused believing that I had fallen asleep on my motorcycle. Groped around the cockpit desperately trying to find handlebars. Took a few seconds to recognise I was supposed to be flying an aircraft.
I think it caused me to lose the dogfight!
It's fascinating how your eyes perform during g onset. Encroaching tunnel vision is accompanied by decreasing colour perception. With tunnel vision down to about 30 degrees there is no colour - called greyout - closely followed by GLOC or unconsciousness.
Extent of brain damage? Who knows? It still seems to work OK.
Last edited by Milt; 19th February 2008 at 21:24.