View of parabolic trajectory in an Airbus A300

We participated on a number of parabolic flight campaigns aboard ESA's zero-g A300 aircraft. Here is the view out the starvboard window during a parabola (each flight consists of 32 parabolas, with 23 seconds of weightlessness at the peak).

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Science & Technology

Tags:

• space
• weightlessness
• zero-g
• parabolic
• flight
• ESA

[ssm98]

@TheGreatFlyer hi, the zero-g portion occurs at the top of the parabola

[TheGreatFlyer]

I can't understand why they don't just bring the plane to about 40000 feet and then do the parabola to 6000 then level off, in order for the parabola to last way longer. But, anyway, COOL video!