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parabolic flight

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parabolic flight [¦par·ə¦bäl·ik ′flīt]
(aerospace engineering)
A space flight occurring in a parabolic orbit.


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Space Adventures also provides other services, such as offering airplanes that travel in a parabolic flight pattern, which allows passengers to experience weightlessness.
A: They provided opportunities to experience weightlessness in a zero-G parabolic flight in a specially equipped llyushin-76 airplane, which provides a micro-gravity environment inside its large, padded cabin.
For those who can't wait, Space Adventures--an established adventure outfitter--already books tourists on space-related journeys, such as high-altitude rides Russian fighter jets and zero-gravity adventures aboard parabolic flight aircraft.
 
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