Backpack Planes - The EXO-Wing (GALLERY)

Atair Aerospace’s EXO-Wing, is the world’s smallest human-piloted jet. The novel gadget is on display right now at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art as part of the Superheroes: Fashion and Fantasy Exhibit collection.

“The only thing we know about the EXO-Wing is that the twin micro-turbine-powered contraption is light enough to be worn as a backpack,” Engadget says. “Hell, we don’t even know if it really works...”

I would really love to see someone try to take off in one of these. What a strange looking jet…

The EXO-Wing looks similar to these two past Trend Hunter features:

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