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Post by barrumundi on Nov 11, 2015 11:18:26 GMT -5
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Post by barrumundi on Nov 11, 2015 11:22:49 GMT -5
he claims is the "world's first personal jetpack". (YouTube: Jetpack Aviation) Map: Australia An Australian entrepreneur has flown around the Statue of Liberty wearing what he claims is the world's only jetpack. YouTube: JetPack flight around New York David Mayman and his team at Jetpack Aviation say he is the first person to "prove the viability of personal flying devices". "Mayman's flight was the culmination of a 10-year challenge to design and build a light-weight, wearable flying device that will allow people to take to the skies," the statement read. Mr Mayman told triple j's Hack program it is a unique experience. "Flying a jetpack is pretty hard to describe to anybody, very few people have done it," he said. "All you've got is your hands out there on the handles, and then the rest of the world. It's not like flying a helicopter or an aeroplane where you've got all that infrastructure around you." www.abc.net.au/news/2015-11-11/aussie-inventor-flies-jetpack-around-statue-of-liberty/6929444
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