People of any age can take a Gravity-free flight are available to any individual age 18 or over, unless they have certain medical conditions. If you’re planning to fly on the Airbus Zero G, you need to ask your physician or an aviation doctor to give you a medical check-up within a set time limit. Here’s what you need to do.
Thinking of booking a zero-gravity flight? How healthy do you need to be? Do you have to be in really good shape?
You don’t need to be an Olympic athlete to book a zero-gravity flight, or in the prime of youth – in fact, the oldest person to take a gravity-free flight was 93! Novespace regularly welcomes passengers over the age of 70 on board its Airbus A310 Zero.
Below, we’ve listed a few examples of medical conditions that prevent people from taking a gravity-free flight. But if you’re in good health and can climb two flights of stairs without getting out of breath, like the vast majority of people, there’s probably no reason why you shouldn’t join one of our flights.
| Heart conditions | Angina pectoris, recent heart attack, poorly balanced hypertension |
|---|---|
| Lung diseases | Regular asthma attacks |
| ENT diseases | Dizziness, severe deafness |
| Neurological diseases | Epilepsy |
| Other conditions | Claustrophobia, pregnancy, certain courses of medication |
*This list is not exhaustive. Please see the “Medical document”.
All passengers need to have a medical check-up prior to their flight. Your general practitioner, an aviation doctor or any other doctor can give you a medical examination.
1. Print out the “Medical Document”
This document pack includes a factsheet for your doctor, a medical declaration for you to complete and sign, and a medical certificate that your doctor needs to complete and return to you.
Download the Medical Document for the Zero G flight: Medical file
2. Make an appointment with a doctor
You can make an appointment with your general practitioner, an aviation doctor or any other doctor.
Everyone must have an electrocardiogram (ECG). You can either ask your doctor to do it or visit a cardiologist. If you’re over the age of 65, you need to have an exercise electrocardiogram, in which case, make an appointment with a cardiologist.
Remember: the at-rest or exercise electrocardiogram needs to be done within the month prior to your medical check-up.
3. Send your medical certificate
Send your medical certification signed and stamped by the doctor to: oceane{at}AirZeroG.com
Please do not attach the at-rest or exercise electrocardiogram.
Remember: If you book a flight before your medical examination, the deposit paid will be refunded if the doctor declares you unfit, under the following conditions: you have the medical examination within 21 days following your booking if you reserve at least 90 days before the flight, and within 7 days following your booking, if you reserve less than 90 days before the flight.
List of aviation doctors approved by France’s Direction Générale de l’Aviation Civile: médecins DGAC (doctors DGAC list)
You can also contact your doctor or a doctor who has already taken part in weightlessness flight :
4, Place des 4 saisons, Clos de la Régale, 91270 Vigneux sur Seine – FRANCE
(+33) 06 82 13 82 60 – franklehot.zg{at}gmail.com
médecine.aerospatiale{at}gmail.com
In Corse or in Saint Médard en Jalles
115 avenue Foch, 94100 Saint Maur des Fossés – FRANCE
(+33) 01 48 83 42 22