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I don't interpret what I feel in a jet aircraft accelerating forwards as weight as John seems to imply below. I feel pushed back into my chair.
Same with the rotor-ride I feel pushed into the wall--not heavy.
However, if I'm accelerated upwards I do feel heavier, and downwards lighter.
So, maybe I'm misinterpreting what John wrote, but in my experience the sensation of weight comes from vertical (or nearly so) forces with different sensations from horizontal forces. I think we might both agree though that the sensation of weight in a rotating space station IS from the surface we are standing on pushing us towards the center of rotation.