Two guys in jetpacks fly by airliner

[DigitalDrifter]

Awesome !!



Just Two Dudes In Jet Packs Flying Beside An Airliner
Fasten your seatbelts.

This seems like something James Bond would do in his spare time between fighting international baddies.

Watch two men wearing jet packs fly in formation with a jet above Dubai. Sure, the stunt is carefully choreographed, the YouTube description assures, but, wow.

The high-speed, high-altitude dance between jet-pack pilots Yves Rossy and Vince Reffet of Jetman Dubai and an Emirates A380 jet took three months to plan. But it takes just seconds of viewing to thrill.

Just Two Dudes In Jet Packs Flying Beside An Airliner

 

[Delta4Embassy]

Taking some liberties with the term jet pack I see. It's not a jet pack if you need to be dropped close to the airliner at 4000 feet and can't actually do much more than slipstream in its wake. It's a parachute with smoke coming out of it.

This is like calling wingsuits 'human-powered flying machines.'

 

[Delta4Embassy]

These are jet packs.

This story is about something more accurately termed a microlight aircraft. You can't achieve liftoff from the ground as with a proper jet pack. And a real jet pack has always been plagued by super short flight times of about 15 seconds max.

"He deploys from a plane and freefalls briefly before firing the engines and soaring at close to 200 mph. He controls his direction by shifting his body, banking the wings to turn. The preliminary flight in May of 2008 was a success -- Rossy was aloft long enough to turn a series of aerobatic maneuvers before coming to a safe landing with a parachute"

Thread got me all excited someone figured out a solution to the short flight time thing.

 

[DigitalDrifter]

Thanks for your uplifting positive words on this Friday morning.

 

[Delta4Embassy]

Thanks for your uplifting positive words on this Friday morning.

Supported ya in the illegal bill of rights one. Gotta at least appear neutral.

 

[my2¢]

Outfitted with four JetCat P200 engines capable of producing roughly 52 lbs of thrust, the packs propel the stunt-happy duo at average speeds of around 125 mph. During the course of the flight, Rossy’s crew admits the pair used “very high power settings” in order to sustain formation with the A380.

Read more: http://www.digitaltrends.com/cool-tech/yves-rossy-and-vince-reffet-jetpack-next-to-airbus-a380-in-dubai/#ixzz3qiR2gILH
Jetcat p200:

 

[DigitalDrifter]

Outfitted with four JetCat P200 engines capable of producing roughly 52 lbs of thrust, the packs propel the stunt-happy duo at average speeds of around 125 mph. During the course of the flight, Rossy’s crew admits the pair used “very high power settings” in order to sustain formation with the A380.

Read more: http://www.digitaltrends.com/cool-tech/yves-rossy-and-vince-reffet-jetpack-next-to-airbus-a380-in-dubai/#ixzz3qiR2gILH
Jetcat p200:

Cool, thanks !

 

[DigitalDrifter]

Thanks for your uplifting positive words on this Friday morning.

Supported ya in the illegal bill of rights one. Gotta at least appear neutral.

Fair enough.

 

[westwall]

Awesome !!



Just Two Dudes In Jet Packs Flying Beside An Airliner
Fasten your seatbelts.

This seems like something James Bond would do in his spare time between fighting international baddies.

Watch two men wearing jet packs fly in formation with a jet above Dubai. Sure, the stunt is carefully choreographed, the YouTube description assures, but, wow.

The high-speed, high-altitude dance between jet-pack pilots Yves Rossy and Vince Reffet of Jetman Dubai and an Emirates A380 jet took three months to plan. But it takes just seconds of viewing to thrill.

Just Two Dudes In Jet Packs Flying Beside An Airliner

Darn cool! Dubai is an amazing place too.

 

[DigitalDrifter]

Awesome !!



Just Two Dudes In Jet Packs Flying Beside An Airliner
Fasten your seatbelts.

This seems like something James Bond would do in his spare time between fighting international baddies.

Watch two men wearing jet packs fly in formation with a jet above Dubai. Sure, the stunt is carefully choreographed, the YouTube description assures, but, wow.

The high-speed, high-altitude dance between jet-pack pilots Yves Rossy and Vince Reffet of Jetman Dubai and an Emirates A380 jet took three months to plan. But it takes just seconds of viewing to thrill.

Just Two Dudes In Jet Packs Flying Beside An Airliner

Darn cool! Dubai is an amazing place too.

Yep, there would have been a time that something like this would have been done here in the U.S.
As well as having the tallest buildings, etc.