Depends on the plane, but it seems that most aircraft can sustain about the same force as the people flying them. I'm sure there are safety margins but an F-16

Depends on the plane, but it seems that most aircraft can sustain about the same force as the people flying them. I'm sure there are safety margins but an F-16 can sustain about 9 G's [0]. A trained fighter pilot with an anti-G suite can sustain around 9 G's as well [1]. The G-force capabilities don't seem to have improved much since the F-16. The F-35 can also "only" do 9 G's [2]. This does make sense though. Whats the point of building an aircraft that can withstand much higher G's if there is no pilot that can ever fly it in such a manner. Plus it might just become exponentially more expense to exceed this limit. [0] https://www.af.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/104505/f-16-fighting-falcon/ https://www.af.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/1045... [1] https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/article/gravity-forces/ https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/article/gravity-forces/ [2] https://www.airforce.gov.au/technology/f-35a-specifications https://www.airforce.gov.au/technology/f-35a-specifications