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The movie “The Rocketeer” captured a fair bit of the 1930’s art deco design ethic in props and sets. Some of that revolved around a “Cirrus X3” rocketpack (actually a jetpack… details, details) designed by Howard Hughes and intended to be unveiled at the 1939 World’s Fair.
I stumbled across a website that has a good-quality copy of one of the posters used in the movie. I don’t know if someone actually had access to one of the actual movie props, or if they recreated it, but it looks good:
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I didn’t catch the fact during the movie that the poster had the Trylon and Perisphere in it:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trylon_and_Perisphere
Aimee Mann wrote a really beautiful song about the 1939 World’s Fair:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkM793nKnuA
So…hughes accomplishes personal manned flight by liquefying the lower bodies of their customers?
Sweet.
Everyone seems to overlook that small design defect with back-mounted rocket units. 😀
At least Dr. Quest kept the exhaust on his rocket belts clear of the wearer’s back, and quiet as well:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ACHRa1nXWY&feature=related
This allowed one to sneak up on Bazooka-Resistant Pteranodons.