Season 8, Episode 7: The Danger is Unleashed Only if You Substantially Disturb This Place (Patreon)

This week on MSB: Gundam 0083 Stardust Memory episode 7: 蒼く輝く炎で / With Shining Blue Fire. Bags get fumbled, briefcases get dropped, careers are imperiled, and a mobile armor learns to run like Naruto.

Show Notes

Physical Strain of G-Force on Pilots

• Articles by pilots describing the physical strain of G-Force while flying, and methods used to prevent G-LOC (G Loss of Consciousness):
  
  Lee, Hasard. “Approaching Mach 2 in an F-16: ‘The Jet Started to Shake.’” Sandboxx, 6 Oct. 2021, www.sandboxx.us/blog/this-is-what-its-like-to-take-an-f-16-to-the-absolute-limit/.
  
  Lee, Hasard. “What’s It like to Pull 9Gs in an F-16? A Fighter Pilot Weighs In.” Sandboxx, 14 June 2021, www.sandboxx.us/blog/g-forces-and-fighter-pilots-whats-it-like-to-pull-9gs/.
  
  Lee, Justin. “Dogfighting at 9Gs Is like Aiming ‘Through a Toilet Paper Roll.’” Task & Purpose, 26 July 2020, taskandpurpose.com/news/air-force-pilot-dogfight-9gs/.
  
  Roza, David. “An F-35 Pilot Reveals Why Good Fighter Pilots Never Skip Leg Day.” Task & Purpose, 19 Apr. 2021, taskandpurpose.com/tech-tactics/air-force-f35-pilot-life/.

About the Episode Title

• The title is 「蒼く輝く炎で」(あおくかがやくほのおで / aoku kagayaku honou de). It is translated as “With Shining Blue Fire,” and in the opening song, this line is followed by「この悲しみを」or “this sadness...”
• The more commonly used kanji for あお / ao (blue) is 青.
• Japanese Wikipedia landing-page for works with aoki honou (blue flame) in the title, regardless of which kanji they use.
• The wiki page (Japanese), ANN Encyclopedia page, and Mangapedia page (Japanese) for the manga 青き炎 (Aoki Honou) (different kanji for 'ao' than the episode title).
• Mangapedia page (Japanese) for the manga 蒼き炎 (Aoki Honou) (same kanji for 'ao' than the episode title).
• Wiki page (Japanese) for manga creator Ishikawa Saburo (石川サブロウ).
• ... And just because I think it's a cool, one of the covers for the 'artists with parallel lives' Aoki Honou manga:

In Memoriam

• The Poetry Foundation page and Wikipedia page for the poem, 'High Flight.'
• Wiki page for poet and pilot John Gillespie Magee Jr. 

The recap music is “80's Synth Rock (Guitar Improvisation)” by Zombie-Fish.

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