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more about #martinjetpack more comments → IN THE FACE!: It looks like the "jet-pack" the mythbusters built... more » nutbastard: i imagine that, for very good reasons, they will not accept a long term installment plan for payment. more » Nick: i checked their list of interested parties. Sir E. John was on the top. more » frigg: I thought test pilots got paid for risking their lives, not the other way around. more » OCEntertainment: So, NASA will pay me $5000 bucks to lay on my butt for a month while they study my back problems, but these guys want me to shell out $35,000 to strap... more » weatherman: "as-yet unknown foreign government" = Israel "civil emergency services" = Mossad more » Jux: I've got the 35K, but not the valid driver license. Problem? more » -
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Martin Jetpack: How Much Would You Pay to Be a Real Life Test Pilot?
An eBay auction (ending in 10-hours) offers the chance to be part of the Jetpack's first public test pilot program. You'll need to have a driver's license, be over 18, under 198lbs...oh, and have a spare $35,000 lying around. More » -
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Jetpack Inventor Answers the Hard Questions (and One Fun One)
There's more than a little skepticism surrounding the new Martin Jetpack. Promising a new era of ultralight flight, many of the claims (altitude capabilities and safety, especially) sound too good to be true. Before we took our test flight, we asked Glenn Martin, inventor, some of the tougher questions that we hadn't seen asked anywhere else. Being a good sport, he actually answered them: More »
