Max G

[Max Stout]

Not wishing to entice people to pull the wings off their flying machines, I was just wondering what is the maximum G achieved by any jet that continued to remain airborne post manoeuvre to successfully land?

[Ali Barber]

Lightning pulled 13 G sometime around 1980 recovering from a burners blazing vertical dive at the sea at night. It kept flying but, after landing, sat in the hanger for a year feeling very sorry for itself. Did fly again though, with the aid of some railway line to hold the main spar together again!

[BlueWolf]

Suffering cats, how did the driver come through it? Come to that, what's the max G ever taken by a pilot who then walked away and flew again?