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From: ewiles@netex.UUCP (Ed Wiles)
Newsgroups: net.aviation
Subject: Re: Jetbelts anyone?
Message-ID: <121@netex.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 25-Sep-85 13:47:51 EDT
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Posted: Wed Sep 25 13:47:51 1985
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Summary: Jet Belts and Platforms

In article <284@mot.UUCP>, al@mot.UUCP (Al Filipski) writes:
> >
> > Well... someone flew a jet belt at the opening (or was it closing?)
> > ceremony for the 1984 Summer Olympics.  There seems to be one still
> > in existence.
> 
> Are they obsolete?  What was wrong with them?
> 

What is wrong is that they tend to weigh so much, that the user has trouble
just walking around in them.  I have, however, heard of a one-man flying
platform, powered by the same sort of engine that is used in a cruise missile.
It is being developed for the army, and is not expected to hit the public
market for some years yet.  The developers do have a working model, that
works quite well. (It is also equiped with a parachute. :-))  I saw this
on a "factual" television show. (As opposed to a rumor program.)  There were
several clips showing the flight capabilities, and its excelent
maneuverability.

				E. L. Wiles