This one's for Dad, the ex-ultralight pilot. The ingenuity of the human mind and the boldness of the human spirit have seldom been exercised in such spectacular disregard of the innate frailty of the human body as shown in this video. This guy flies for five minutes with a gen-u-wine jet pack (wings included!) strapped to his back. Genius that he is, he launched from another airplane (sure hope this thing starts), and apparently decided that a great place to ride a jet engine would be a narrow alpine valley with lots of photogenic (i.e., splat-inducing) mountains in close proximity.
Nevertheless, the sheer audacity of the whole venture, and the seeming ease with which the guy zips around, is inspiring, albeit in a "better-him-than-me" sort of way.
Don't get any ideas, Dad.
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From your intro, I expected him to disintegrate in the air or piledrive himself into a cliff. Spectacular! You can have your I-Phone -- I want a JetPak! I think I'd add an improved bug screen and, of course, some bumpers. Takeoffs and landings are always a bit dicey --nothing new about that. Just think about the day when everyone has one of these (like cell phones today); in the fall, we'll start forming into flocks and winging our way south in huge V-formations..........
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