As a Navy Pilot with around 400 catapult shots, I can confirm that he had no idea. Cat shots are cool but 200+ down the Mulsanne in a MKII would beat it every day and twice on Sunday. Once you go off the pointy end of the ship there is very little reference of speed. The eyeball height of fhe MKII/MKIV (about 36") with the terrain whizzing past has got to be magical.
I'm often impressed by the big drop on the "Dragon Coaster" going no more then 30or 40mph.
It's the ridiculous rickety hirky jerky motion that is out of my control that gets to me.
In a race car or sometimes even in a real high performance street car, the giggling of the steering wheel and the inability to focus your eyes because of the vibrations is a pretty good treat at speed on the track. It isn't about the g-forces.
Having faith that your tires are gripping traveling through this sideways motion, aka cornering, with your helmet rattling against the door window will tend to get you to believing in God really fast also.
Of course I didn't say anything about jumping out of a plane and getting skin burn from the air friction. No I did not.
