Moment Pilot's Friend Floats a Pen in Mid-Air As He Experiences High G Force
By Victoria Finan, The Daily Mail | May 04, 2016
Many Harry Potter fans dream of casting their own magic spells.
And for one, it almost became a reality after he floated a pen while travelling in a plane with a friend at a high G force.
A hilarious video shows pilot Sam Jones taking his friend Dan up in the air to perform aerobatics over the picturesque Cotswolds.
But as the clip shows, Dan is more concerned with performing his own Harry Potter style tricks with a red pen.
The clip starts with the two men taking to the skies in a Slingsby T67M Firefly.
Sam performs several stunts, including a loop, aileron roll, half Cuban, reverse half Cuban, stall turn, salmon leap, flick roll, and a humpty.
The daring stunts show off the best of the stunning countryside.
But as the G Forces in the plane get higher and higher, Dan begins to have a hysterical reaction.
He says: "Oh my god, I'm falling down. Oh my god, it's like you're in a fishbowl and the world is upside down".
And when Sam reveals the plane has flown to nearly 6-G, he says: "I actually felt my eyelids going down then."
Sam replies: "Imagine being a bit chunky like me."
As the gravitational forces in the plane get higher, objects begin to float around the cockpit - and Dan is quick to take advantage.
Grabbing hold of a red pen, he lets it go and watches it float before having his Harry Potter brainwave.
He says: "Wingardium Leviosa" - the famous floating spell in J.K. Rowling's novels - and laughs as the pen levitates upwards.
He then attempts to catch it in his mouth, before experimenting with his floating seat belt and ear-piece.
The clip ends with the pair landing firmly back safely at Wellesbourne Mountford Airfield.