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Jetpack for 100 thousand dollars (video)
True, he created can not be called a jet pack. His "heart" - a conventional gasoline engine with 200 horsepower. This engine accelerates the rotors, creating lift. But the word jetpack (jetpack) is so firmly established in popular culture that another journalist said the novelty and do not call. Still, "jetpack" used by celebrities such as, for example, Duke Newcomb, James Bond and Robocop. Flying at low altitude in the pseudo-dzhetpake possible within half an hour, management is carried out by means of two handles.
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Sorokavosmiletny Glenn Martin dreamed of creating a jetpack to five years. In order to realize the dream of the metal it took 27 years. The first prototype backpack was ready in 1997, and the first test pilot was the wife of the inventor. Then Glenn had a satchel on his son Harrison. Now the test program is complete. The inventor plans to demonstrate their offspring at an air show EAA AirVenture, after which he plans to start selling the world's first working "jetpack" at the price of 100 thousand dollars apiece.
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Sorokavosmiletny Glenn Martin dreamed of creating a jetpack to five years. In order to realize the dream of the metal it took 27 years. The first prototype backpack was ready in 1997, and the first test pilot was the wife of the inventor. Then Glenn had a satchel on his son Harrison. Now the test program is complete. The inventor plans to demonstrate their offspring at an air show EAA AirVenture, after which he plans to start selling the world's first working "jetpack" at the price of 100 thousand dollars apiece.
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