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Unlike airliners, fighter aircrafts routinely experience multiple times the force of gravity, especially while maneuvering aggressively. These intense G-forces place enormous strain on the human body, ...

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Piston-engined fighters ruled the roost for thirty years. A brutal survival of the fittest ensured a rapid evolution of these characterful machines; the final fighters were over six times faster and ...