If you ever consider going to space but don’t have the budget to book a ticket with Virgin or Xcor, here is an alternative for you: suborbital flight training in the Mig 29. This is an unbelievable experience that has gone in the minds of the people flying the Mig in Russia, specifically for the people who wish to experience what it feels like to fly into space. The jet fighter will get you to 70,000 feet, where the sky has just disappeared and has turned pitch black. At this altitude, you are more than twice as high as a commercial airliner, and you can admire the curvature of the earth…

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Your jet fighter ride will be like nothing you have ever experienced. First, you will feel your head weighting two tons as the jet fighter shoots up to the air. You will fly vertically up to 9000m, that’s 29,500 feet, in a matter of seconds. You will then recuperate as you will zero G. The Mig 29 will then go into parabolas to let you experience weightlessness. The Mig 29 will climb to 70,000 ft, into the stratosphere so you get a preview of the view. Amazing is the only word. Then it gets tougher as the Mig 29 gets into aerobatic mode. Be prepared for some serious G force, as you would expect from a space ship maneuvering to get back into earth atmosphere. Finally the pilot will glide the aircraft to land, as most future spacecrafts will do.

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This is truly amazing, and all done thanks to the enormous power of the Mig 29, so far the only jet fighter able to do that. This will set you back around 28,000 USD or 20,500 euros, but they are well worth the experience. If you have booked a ticket to fly to space, you should definitely try this as it will be good training. For all the rest with small pockets… well we’ll just have to wait until it gets cheaper.

You can book this jet fighter ride with Tematis, the French experience specialist, and with Best Russian Tour, a Russian tour operator.