Nov 112015
The JetPack Aviation JB-9 jetpack uses actual turbojets for lift, rather than the horribly propellant-hungry hydrogen peroxide monoprop Bell rocket pack we’re more generally familiar with. This flight was about five minutes. Still pretty sad compared to the dream, where you strap on a jetpack and go fly to work, but still way better than the thirty seconds available with the rocket pack.
Would have been better if the drone had actually followed the jetpack through its paces, but oh well.
Here’s some PR footage of the jetpack as it was flown near the Statue of Liberty: