http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2008/08/how_it_feels_to_fly_a_jetpack-2/ the Gadget Guide | Technology and consumer electronics news and reviews Wed, 25 Nov 2009 01:19:03 +1100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2008/08/how_it_feels_to_fly_a_jetpack-2/comment-page-1/#comment-10680 Glenn Fri, 09 Jan 2009 08:00:33 +0000 http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2008/08/how_it_feels_to_fly_a_jetpack-2.html#comment-10680 <p>Face it, the thing is a con. So it hovers 2 feet from the ground , big deal. Fact is it will never actually fly.This thing has been on the books since 1981 folks and all we have ever seen it do is hover.The New Zealand government just pumped almost 1 million bucks into this project just to keep it alive yet Mr Martin and his friends have no problem spending on a trip to Oshkosh. As his website says "live the dream" . well that's all it is and I don't want to hear or see it again until it's doing 60MPH at 1500 feet.</p> Face it, the thing is a con. So it hovers 2 feet from the ground , big deal. Fact is it will never actually fly.This thing has been on the books since 1981 folks and all we have ever seen it do is hover.The New Zealand government just pumped almost 1 million bucks into this project just to keep it alive yet Mr Martin and his friends have no problem spending on a trip to Oshkosh. As his website says “live the dream” . well that’s all it is and I don’t want to hear or see it again until it’s doing 60MPH at 1500 feet.

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