Interview with Glen Powell
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00:00Well, I think that centrifuge that you're talking about, that sequence in the documentary is so
00:03cool and I think so effective because I don't think people really have a concept of what G's
00:09are and what that is on your body. Obviously, during Top Gun, we had to figure out how to
00:15increase our G tolerance so we weren't passing out in the back of jets. But the crazy thing about
00:21the Blue Angels is because of the precision, because they're flying so close to each other
00:25at such crazy speeds, how a G suit works is it literally inflates and squeezes blood in your
00:33legs and keeps it in the top half of your body so you don't pass out. The Blue Angels do not have
00:39a G suit because it would affect how that stick moves and potentially harm other people when
00:44you're flying in that close proximity. So they have to learn how to endure more G's than any other
00:50pilot and do it without that G suit, which is incredibly impressive. So what you're seeing in
00:54that centrifuge is them increasing those G's essentially until they pass out and learning
01:00how to continue to push that limit so that we're never worried about those pilots G-locking
01:06when they're up there pulling off these maneuvers. But I totally agree. I think that's a really
01:10impressive part of this documentary because it's such a human part of it. It feels like someone
01:19that you and I would know, just an ordinary person walking into this thing where you are spun around
01:24like a washing machine until you pass out and you continue to do that because that's what these
01:30pilots have to do. You know, even when you hit perfection, you know, there's a point past that
01:35that there's always, you can always do better. And I think that's such a defining aspect of the blues.