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Glenn Martin's Jetpack

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Personal Flight Vehicles - Glenn Martin’s Jetpack (VIDEO)
Glenn Martin's Jetpack
 Published: Jul 30, 08
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Jetpack travel is just around the corner, or so says Glenn Martin from New Zealand.

Martin is getting a lot of press for a flight that lasted a few seconds and only got him a few feet off the ground.

He needs to get PR lessons from Virgin Galactic. When Sir Richard Branson rolls out a spacecraft launcher, it actually works. Glenn has sold some of his craft for $100,000. Notice the “training wheels.”




Commercially Available Jet Packs

If you want a working jet pack, your dreams may soon be fulfilled.  The jet pack is expected to cost roughly $200,000, but you’ll be able to fly with the only downside being a near certainty of crashing.… [More]



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rocketranger on Jul 31, 08  0 Trends   2,582 Comments
Mass produce them Im Game for flight testing. BUT need improvements: Longer Flight time Longer range EZ to Fly parachute for If fuel drained. Servicable. Mass producable. Wow. Overfly Zion NatlPark in this over UT or Aspen CO Grand Canyon AZ HI Wash DC etc.
rocketranger on Jul 31, 08  0 Trends   2,582 Comments 0

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