Jetpack guy flying around LAX
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At Embry Riddle in the late 80’s, early 90’s, there was a simulator and ground school instructor that was in a wheel chair. The story went that he had just gotten hired at Eastern, I believe, and the week before starting training he was hit by a car while riding his motorcycle and paralyzed from the waist down. Sad story.
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Yes they exist and are available. Expensive and impractical for anything but publicity stunts. Fundamentally, it's waaaaay more efficient to generate lift with rotors/fans (ie rotary wings) than with pure equal-and-opposite-reaction thrust.
https://jetpackaviation.com/jetpacks/
Note the price is not listed. If you have to ask...
https://jetpackaviation.com/jetpacks/
Note the price is not listed. If you have to ask...
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