EDIT: Well there you go - would have
never imagined this. Good on him. Imagine the muscle memory Phil must have after 40 years on jets...[/QUOTE]
From the article
“For training purposes we normally pull about 5G but the aircrafts are capable of pulling eight. That’s eight times your body weight. Your head weighs about 15-18kg so multiply that by eight – it’s a pretty impressive thing.
So that's why I never made it to FJs - my head simply wasn't heavy enough!