G-Force Nightmare: How Fighter Pilots Cheat Death Every Time They Pull 9 G’s
by SOFREP News Team
3 hours ago
“After dinner, the weather being warm, we went into the garden and drank thea, under the shade of some apple trees…he told me, he was just in the same situation, as when formerly, the notion of gravitation came into his mind. It was occasion’d by the fall of an apple, as he sat in contemplative mood. Why should that apple always descend perpendicularly to the ground, thought he to himself…”
This simple moment of reflection led Sir Isaac Newton to uncover the mysterious force of gravity, setting the stage for centuries of scientific progress. And, as fighter aircraft took to the skies, Newton’s laws of motion and gravitation were soon harnessed for tactical advantage.
The Force Of Gravity
Gravity is an accelerating force, which means it acts on objects to change their velocity. Every object exerts a gravitational force on others, and what makes gravity unique is its ability to influence objects across vast distances. On Earth, this force is overwhelmingly dominated by the planet’s mass, which is why we feel Earth’s gravitational pull so strongly, making all other forces negligible by comparison.
This gravitational acceleration is approximately 9.82 m/s², commonly referred to as ‘g,’ a concept you likely encountered in high school physics.
As per Newton’s Second Law of Motion (F = ma), gravitational force is directly related to an object’s mass. For instance, gravity on the Moon is only 1.62 m/s² due to its much smaller mass compared to Earth. This gravitational force is why objects fall to Earth and why aircraft must counteract gravity with lift. When the lift produced by an aircraft exceeds the force of gravity, flight becomes possible, as demonstrated by the Wright Brothers in 1903.
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