40 g: About as much force as a human being can survive
9 g: Force that can cause gray-outs or tunnel vision for fighter or aerial pilots
5.5 g: Typical force exerted by Blue Angels. Also, point at which blood pressure causes most people to lose consciousness
3 g: Typical force on a roller coaster
1 g: Baseline, normal gravity
0 g: Weightlessness
* Measurement of an object’s acceleration
Sources: Blue Angels official Web site; Wikipedia
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