Weightless dining without dieting

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Bring along a red cape and make like Superman while you experience the ups and downs of weightlessness on special tourist flights over the Nevada desert. The weightless flights, which cost $3,500 per person, are scheduled to begin April 21 in Las Vegas and will be held monthly by the Zero-G Corp. They will re-create the flight techniques used by NASA to train its astronauts. The Boeing 727-200 aircraft has been converted into a zero-gravity playroom with padded floors and walls. During the flights, pilots will fly special maneuvers between about 24,000 and 32,000 feet, creating moments of weightlessness. For information and a schedule of flights, call (800) 937-6480 or see www.gozerog.com.