Are jet packs a reality?

May 19th, 2008 Posted in Technology

Well, the year 2000 has come and went and still I have no flying car or jet pack to use to get to the office every morning. I had almost given up hope of this happening in my lifetime until I stumbled upon a video of a Swiss man demonstrating a prototype jet wing that he flew for 10 minutes at speeds up to 186 mph. One of those bad boys could really shave some time off my daily commute.

May 14 – Known as ‘Fusion Man’, a former pilot has stunned crowds by flying a jet-propelled wing for nearly ten minutes at a peak speed of 300 km/h (186 mph).

Yves Rossy, a Swiss former military pilot and Airbus commander for Swiss airlines completed an official demonstration on Wednesday (May 14, 2008) in the Swiss Chablais region, where he was released from a plane at 2438 metres (8000 feet) with his wing folded.

He deployed his craft after a short free-fall and began his flight. After a flight of almost ten minutes, he deployed his parachute, folded the wing and landed at the Bex airdrome.

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One Response to “Are jet packs a reality?”

  1. Onegator Says:

    July 17th, 2008 at 9:56 pm

    Of course they are a reality! There is a new one that is going to be launched at EAA’s AirVenture on July 29th. This one launches from the ground.

    http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid626910413/bclid1369819620/bctid1646070798