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The Future Has Arrived, The Jetpack Is Ready For Sale

Posted June 26, 2007 3:45 PM

From The Uber-Review:

All those promises of a future with jetpacks getting you from here to there have finally come true. Before you start planning your trip to Miami, the amazing JetPack will only give you a 3 min thrill ride. That 3 min ride does not come cheap at $250,000 but it does include free training. Before you start to cry, a new and improved version is already in the works and should get you about 19 minutes of flight time for a reduced price of $200,000. To see the Jetpack in action, check out the video after the jump.

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06/27/2007 1:18 AM

Looks Like another fake video to me. House looks ok for $200.000 though

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06/27/2007 5:43 AM

This was first posted on the 1st April 2007...

The next one will say that flying with it near Kryptonite is dangerous ...

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06/27/2007 8:34 AM

Is one available for farmyard animals like the pig, for instance?

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06/27/2007 9:43 AM

I don't understand all the humbugs out there. This is really old news, and it doesn't surprise me that someone would eventually sell them to the public.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jet_pack

I'm not guaranteeing the article is on the level. I'm saying people have been flying around on jet packs for 50 years. It's expensive and dangerous, but it's "old hat" just the same.

The jet pack in the video looks the same as the one used to open the Olympics some 25 years ago. Millions of people watched that. Why is this not common knowledge?

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