Rockhampton, Australia

Some people think that climbing into a 50 year-old Russian made aluminum tube and tearing through

 the sky at speeds exceeding Mach 1 is a bad idea.  Those are the people who grow old before their time...

Yep, that's a 1956 vintage former Polish Air Force MiG 15 trainer

The best way to wipe a smile off your face is to endure a 6.5 G turn!

Learning how to bail out

Last minute instructions

Yeah, mate - go ahead and laugh now...

The point of no return

It'll be fine, Honey, honest!

Oh look - there's the ground above us!  How fun!

Oh, so that's what six Gs feels like.  OK, make it stop now, please!

I'm thinking we should have cinched those harness straps just a little tighter!

Twenty-five minutes later and I survived it!

The cockpit is pretty cramped

It's an elite club!

Rockhampton Botanical Gardens

I wet myself looking for the slut loo...

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