Deebye, I know what you want this Christmas

[Sir_Die_alot]

http://www.martinjetpack.com/

This is why you don't have children. So you can mortgage your house and buy one of these.

Thinking of Deebye where has he been lately?

[DeeBye]

I'm right here thinking about jetpacks.

[Occhidiangela]

http://www.martinjetpack.com/

This is why you don't have children. So you can mortgage your house and buy one of these.

Thinking of Deebye where has he been lately?

You make a mistake with that thing, and you are either dead or a paraplegic.

Iron Man you ain't! :unsure:

[Sir_Die_alot]

You make a mistake with that thing, and you are either dead or a paraplegic.

Iron Man you ain't! :unsure:

BUT IT'S A JETPACK. :w00t:

[--Pete]

Hi,

BUT IT'S A JETPACK. :w00t:

Jetpack + Murphy's Law + Newton's Law + The firmness of Earth = Final merge of man and machine. :o

"It's not the fall, it's the sudden stop . . . "

--Pete

[Jim]

Hi,
Jetpack + Murphy's Law + Newton's Law + The firmness of Earth = Final merge of man and machine. :o

"It's not the fall, it's the sudden stop . . . "

--Pete

Hi :)

IF I knew I had a week left to live I would buy one on my credit card. ;)

Pete, picture you & me doing Dog fights [40 years ago].:w00t:

Production versions of the Jetpack are equipped with a Ballistic Parachute system from Ballistic Recovery Systems. This enables the pilot to be saved from a catastrophic failure down to a reasonably low altitude. Ballistic parachutes can open at very low altitudes, particularly if the aircraft has some forward speed. For this reason the "flight profiles" will be calculated to have the lowest risk possible.

[kandrathe]

Hi :)

IF I knew I had a week left to live I would buy one on my credit card. ;)

Pete, picture you & me doing Dog fights [40 years ago].:w00t:

Yeah, I always thought one last glorious skydive at sunset without a parachute would be a good way to go out. But, this might be better. :lol:

[Sir_Die_alot]

Hi,
Jetpack + Murphy's Law + Newton's Law + The firmness of Earth = Final merge of man and machine. :o

"It's not the fall, it's the sudden stop . . . "

--Pete

You think like an old man Pete. I don't care if you're right.

And I would never really fly one myself either but that doesn't stop me from dreaming.:ph34r:

[--Pete]

Hi,

You think like an old man Pete. I don't care if you're right.

Ever consider that's why I am an old man? "There's bold pilots and there's old pilots but there ain't no old bold pilots." :w00t:

And I would never really fly one myself either but that doesn't stop me from dreaming.:ph34r:

I know about dreaming. Ever since I read the Amber series, I've tried to shadow walk. :lol:

--Pete

[Sir_Die_alot]

Hi,
Ever consider that's why I am an old man? "There's bold pilots and there's old pilots but there ain't no old bold pilots." :w00t:
I know about dreaming. Ever since I read the Amber series, I've tried to shadow walk. :lol:

--Pete

Denial goes a long way when it comes to how old you are.

Besides I bet those old pilots never got to fly a JETPACK!:w00t:

[--Pete]

Hi,

Besides I bet those old pilots never got to fly a JETPACK!:w00t:

Which is part of why they got to get old;)

--Pete

[kandrathe]

Which is part of why they got to get old;)

There is an exception to most rules. *cough* Chuck Yeager *cough*

[--Pete]

Hi,

There is an exception to most rules. *cough* Chuck Yeager *cough*

Have you ever read his bio? No one was more cautious in his boldness than Yeager. He made haste, slowly. He checked everything and then he checked it again. He did his job methodical, professionally, and as safely as it could be done. Given that he was still a young man in the fifties when jet packs were being tested by the military, and that he never got involved with that program, I suspect he wasn't attracted. His one crash was due to a design flaw -- the aircraft he was testing did not have sufficient hydraulic reserves. In spite of that, he came close to saving it anyway.

--Pete

[kandrathe]

No one was more cautious in his boldness than Yeager.

Cautious, perhaps. But brave too. I'm not sure anyone could convince us to do 1/2 of what he has done.

[--Pete]

Hi,

Cautious, perhaps. But brave too. I'm not sure anyone could convince us to do 1/2 of what he has done.

All very true -- but 'brave' and 'bold' are not synonyms.;)

--Pete