The First 'Practical' Jetpack May Be On Sale In Two Years

Posted by Soulskill on Tuesday August 13, 2013 @09:47AM from the for-sufficiently-impractical-values-of-practical dept.

Daniel_Stuckey writes "This week, New Zealand-based company Martin Aircraft became certified to take what it calls 'the world's first practical jetpack' out for a series of manned test flights. If all goes well, the company plans to start selling a consumer version of the jetpack in 2015, starting at $150,000 to $200,000 and eventually dropping to $100,000. 'For us it's a very important step because it moves it out of what I call a dream into something which I believe we're now in a position to commercialize and take forward very quickly,' CEO Peter Coker told the AFP."

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Awesome by TheSkepticalOptimist · 2013-08-13 10:31 · Score: 5, Funny

Can't wait to take my jetpack to the Hyperloop station so I can commute to my job in Atlantis.

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Re:Practical by jones_supa · 2013-08-13 10:33 · Score: 5, Funny

30 minutes max... 400 pounds....
A Pentium 4 laptop on battery?