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Another Pass at the Personal Jetpack
Engadget is reporting that dreams of a personal jet pack may not be quite as distant as you might think. Skywalker Jets, created by Rick Herron boasts a 90-pound jet pack capable of propelling a 200-pound pilot through the air for about five minutes without the hassle of charred lower extremities. The production model, which he hopes to run past the FAA soon for approval, will only cost you somewhere in the neighborhood of $200,000 — so start saving your pennies.
"plummetting down like bags of wet cement."
No, no. They will plummet down SCREAMING. They will SPLASH like bags of wet cement.
Hey, Mom! Is it beer, yet?
Gee, EveryOne Really Gets Excited Laughing Up Cool Aero-vehicles. Still, We're In Luck. Landing Seems Uncompromisingly Easy.
"without the hassle of charred lower extremities"
Instead you just have lightly baked lower extremeties with a touch of fried groins.
Videogames made me kill people...I also eat mushrooms to grow bigger.
Skywalker Jets, created by Rick Herron boasts a 90 pound jet pack capable of propelling a 200 pound pilot through the air
... but what about we Americans?
Back when I was still flying (Army National National Guard, rotary wing) the landing checklist no longer included a fuel check (made sense to me).
However, the "old guys" were in the habit of a fuel check before landing.
One flight I finally responded to "fuel check" with "enough to land".
The Pilot-in-Command responded: "How much?"
Me: "Enough to land"
He: "If you did not calculate it how do you know?"
Me: "I don't have to calculate it. With or without fuel we are going to land."
Eve Fairbanks says I drive a hybrid!LOL
[X] Jetpack
[X] Nightvision
[X] Steroids
[X] Medikit
[X] Armor
[ ] holoduke
[ ] atomic health
The MAFIAA is a bunch of mindless jerks who will be the first up against the wall when the revolution comes
When the personal helicopter is more utilitarian than the product you're marketing, it's probably time to go back to the drawing board.