'Jet Pack' gets a bit of altitude

**NZsarge** · 4th June 2011, 16:18

Friggin' mint! Well done that guy and his crew.

**Edbear** · 4th June 2011, 20:06

I bet some of them would have really wanted to be flying it personally! I reckon it's a fabulous effort and deserves all the kudos it can get!

**oldrider** · 6th June 2011, 17:34

Originally Posted by NZsarge

Friggin' mint! Well done that guy and his crew.

Plus one! ... that last demo (with the parachute) was very good, made the thing look useful and relatively safe! Respect for the guy!

**NZsarge** · 6th June 2011, 21:26

Yeah those doubters in the American media can go suck on that!

**Oakie** · 6th June 2011, 22:24

Originally Posted by schrodingers cat

12 million investment to date (apparently)
Need to sell a lot of units to recoup that.

As soon as they sell it to the US military they will recoup big time and you better believe that they will be one of the first knocking on the door.

**schrodingers cat** · 8th June 2011, 19:41

Originally Posted by Oakie

As soon as they sell it to the US military they will recoup big time and you better believe that they will be one of the first knocking on the door.

I wish them well. Anyone prepared to dangle that much dosh above the dunny deserves to win big IF...

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