4 Over-G Integrity First: A Wingman's #1 Core Value Instructor pilots rarely get to fly solo, but this was my lucky day. With no student to monitor and no painfully long debrief to deliver, I was going to make the most of it. Today it was just me, my Cessna T-37B "Tweet" twin-engine jet trainer, and the wide-open skies above Enid, Oklahoma. I finished my aerobatics and stall maneuvers in the mili- tary operating area (MOA) and returned to the traffic pattern at Vance Air Force Base, where I had just enough fuel left to practice a few touch-and-gos at the base. The T-37 was a very maneuverable and rugged trainer, built to withstand punish- ment from inexperienced and aggressive student pilots. Its structural G limit was 6.67 Gs--the maximum strain the air- frame could endure before possible damage occurred. As I turned crosswind and climbed to a thousand feet above the ground, a thought crossed my mind: why not see how close I could come to pulling 6.67 Gs? It's a question that changed the trajectory of my career. 39