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New Jet Pack Unveiled
A new jet pack invented by Glenn Martin doesn’t look like a sleek contraption from a James Bond movie.
Martin’s piano-sized pack demonstrated its ability Tuesday, when Harrison Martin, Glenn’s 16-year-old son, settled into the device and hovered three feet off the ground for 45 seconds. The jet pack is supposed to have the capability of carrying a pilot 30 miles in 30 minutes using a five-gallon tank of gas.
The pack is available for $100,000, but federal regulations limit its use.
Read 6 comments about “New Jet Pack Unveiled”
July 30th, 2008 at 7:50 pm
I WANT ONE!!! But you probaly need a licsence……………………..:(
July 30th, 2008 at 11:27 pm
OK, first thing, this is NOT a jet pack. It is two ducted fans powered by a couple of chainsaw motors. There is nothing JET about it other than there is airflow through a couple of fans.
July 31st, 2008 at 12:01 am
This is a great starting product for personal travel. We need something significantly smaller and weighs about 60 lbs and goes about 100 miles without refueling.
August 2nd, 2008 at 12:46 pm
It stil is neat cosmojeteye.
August 4th, 2008 at 1:22 pm
This may not be a REAL jetpack, and it may not be light or cheap enough, but it is still cool.
August 4th, 2008 at 5:11 pm
If this thing becomes popular, the price will go down a lot. But then again, it will take aprx. 50% of the population of the US for the price to go down to, say, 50,000$