Watch: F1 world champion Lewis Hamilton pilots fighter jet in astronaut training

F1 world champion Lewis Hamilton pilots fighter jet in astronaut trainingIWC SCHAFFHAUSEN

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00:00Now if you want to lift the gear for us.

00:03Came down and swooped through past the runway, which was kind of crazy.

00:07It was so close.

00:08And then pulled back on the stick and took off and went up.

00:11That was wicked.

00:12Oh my gosh!

00:15Firstly, what an experience, what an opportunity to get up in one of these.

00:20That was epic.

00:22Let's go surf on these clouds a little bit.

00:28This is beautiful.

00:29Wow.

00:30You feel like you're just floating through the clouds.

00:32It's pretty unique.

00:33And just throwing the stick to the left or to the right and just doing a barrel turn.

00:38Yeah.

00:39When you bank and turn, you really feel like the blood leaving your body.

00:43So, very hard to breathe in that moment and very hard to keep yourself awake.

00:48Yeah.

00:49Yeah, you got this.

00:51You want to do some G-turns?

00:52Do a squeeze by pulling back on the stick and we'll start feeling some G's.

00:56Woo-hoo-hoo!

00:58You see the G-meter there above?

00:59So, you want to try to go for six?

01:01Yeah.

01:02Alright, here we go.

01:05There we go.

01:06How'd you feel?

01:07Yeah, great.