Update: Martin "JetPack" Controllability Free-Flight (Indoor)

An http://www.AVweb.com update. Glenn Martin's "jet pack" a personal flight vehicle powered by a single engine driving twin ducted fans was publicly introduced at AirVenture Oshkosh in July of 2008. This video contains a clip released by the company April 21, 2009, intended to display the vehicle's controllability.

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[gggromay]

in 15 yrs he will be laughing at this machine because it will look primitive, You are laughing at this today because your intellect is primitive.

[scarfacefan4eva]

Computers were the size of rooms when they first came out now I carry one in my pocket thats as fast as my damn PC. Give it time in a decade we will be laughing at this.

[TreXt0r]

Dear Santa...

[TheManInDboX]

@scarfacefan4eva And two years later that Pocket PC you have is a paper weight.... Guess that just proves your point!

[0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0100]

have to see military WASP flying platform.

[rcflight13]

@scarfacefan4eva Yeah, like how we laugh at digital cameras that use floppy disks.

[Saimone008]

New Zealand FUCK THE WORLD!!!

[jmannunez]

@airwalker13 go to the martin website.

[clinten1]

The program is rumored to have been bankrolled by the NZ Government, embarrassed at an earlier decision to scrap the entire fleet of airforce combat jet aircraft.

[Mercalio]

@sbunny8 Not at all, i'm merely saying that with design, trial and error, and overall changes in modern technology that it could be represented as a pack, speaking as you do strap it on. Although you can't walk around with it on, it's still a viable term. I suppose it's all just perception though. We're both entitled to our opinions, and I respect yours, aswell as your knowledge of the matter.

[sbunny8]

@Mercalio Surely you aren't suggesting that back in 1977 IBM could have called their 3031 model a "pocket computer" and nobody would have objected to that name. The IBM 3031 was NOT a pocket computer; it weighed 500 pounds. The Sharp PC1500 was a pocket computer; it weighed half a pound. This HELICOPTER weighs 300 pounds. It's not a "pack". A pack is something you can strap on and walk around with it. When it gets down to 40 pounds or less, I'll call it a pack.