...and after about forty years it is about time we got offered one!!! I already put my down my downpayment. My ride (flight) to work is gonna be cut in half! lane: http://youtube.com/watch?v=THEcWrznicY Personal flying jet packs FUTURISTIC jet packs could be sold to the masses as early as next year, with a company already taking orders for "personal flying machines". Jet Pack International in the US is planning to release a $226,060 jet pack next year which could travel 16km without refuelling, the Fortune Small Business magazine reported. Pre-orders for the T-73 Turbine Jet Pack were being taken by the company, who would also teach buyers how to fly them. Company chief executive Troy Widgery told the magazine that the joy of flying should not just be experienced by stuntman. “We are developing a consumer model… our dream is to make this affordable to the average person,” Mr Widgery said. “Everyone wants things to evolve to the point of The Jetsons, and I think it could. “I could see (consumers) flying from work to home, within a certain limit.” JPI engineer John Hewatt said the consumer model would be easier to fly than the stunt models. “We’ve come up with the turbine version, which is more user friendly and safer to fly,” Mr Hewatt said.
Awsome, not usefull but awsome. Now if they could attach that to my bike so i could jump over motorhomes traveling at 40mph in the fast lane around a corner we might have something. Hoestly the overland speed would probibly be that of a run at most and with the way people drive would you trust them to fly? I take part of that back http://www.jetpackinternational.com/video.html the guy moves across that field fairly fast top speed 83 mph.
Thanks for the link....looks like it would be shitloads of fun to try! I bet you need hearing protection for sure! At least you could leap tall buildings in a single bound/trust!
