After a number of parabolas, some trainees would get sick - hence the plane’s infamous nickname, the “Vomit Comet ... the venerable aircraft has acted as an international midair refueling ...

This is not metaphorical, although cats are certainly eminently capable of escaping all manner of predicaments. It's literal, ...

You’ve likely heard of the “vomit comet” — an rather graphic nickname for the aircraft used to provide short bursts of near-weightlessness by flying along a parabolic trajectory.

If you're so inclined, you can book a trip on the reduced-gravity aircraft, commonly known as the Vomit Comet. This aircraft is typically reserved for astronaut training, but it's accessible to ...

I've joined John on board a specially adapted aircraft to take a parabolic flight ... There's a reason parabolic flights are nicknamed "vomit comets" - it's like riding on a mid-air rollercoaster.