Weightless Wonder V
NASA C-135 originally used to give weightlessness training to astronauts and now guarding the gate at Ellington Field in Houston, TX. This one was the fifth in a series of virtually identical planes used for the same purpose. The typical flight profile, visible here, has been painted on the nose. During training, they would do dozens of these during a single training flight, which often made it hard for passengers to keep their latest meals down. Hence, its nickname, the Vomit Comet.
Weightless Wonder V
NASA C-135 originally used to give weightlessness training to astronauts and now guarding the gate at Ellington Field in Houston, TX. This one was the fifth in a series of virtually identical planes used for the same purpose. The typical flight profile, visible here, has been painted on the nose. During training, they would do dozens of these during a single training flight, which often made it hard for passengers to keep their latest meals down. Hence, its nickname, the Vomit Comet.