I got to ride in the front seat once. We were a radar target for an F-18. Up the Atlantic coast and back to the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay. When the pilot slowed down he said "get ready...this aint gonna feel to good", and it didn't. I thought I was going right thru the windshield. The harness actually hurt my shoulders. The Blue Angels haven't been the same since they quit flyin' the F-4.