Australia has just flown its own ‘vomit comet’. It’s a big problem for non-gravity space exploration
Steve Gale (pilot) and Gail Iles (right) next to the Marchetti jet. Credit: Kieran Blair, Author Provided Last Saturday, a two-seater SIAI-Marchetti S.211 jet took off from Melbourne’s Essendon Fields Airport with an expert aerobatic pilot at the flight decks and a suitcase full of science experiments in the passenger seat. pilot Steve Gale took …