Collaborate Disseminate
Poplar, Wisconsin is a small village, population 603 as of 2010, near the Southwest tip of Lake Superior, about an hour and a half’s drive from Minnesota. A humble place from which to start an electric aviation company, perhaps – although it does have … Continue reading Ascend Dynamics presents its Skypak V1 electric jetpack
JetPack Aviation CEO David Mayman says the company is in discussions with the Air Race World Championship team on starting a world-first race series in September that would see jetpack pilots competing on parallel aerial obstacle courses.Continue Readi… Continue reading Jetpack racing could join this year’s Air Race World Championship
In addition to military applications, Gravity Industries believes jet suits hold potential for search and rescue missions in harsh terrain. Having already carried out flights of its Jet Suit in separate rescue and military demonstrations, the UK compan… Continue reading Gravity Industries Jet Suit takes part in NATO mountain rescue exercise
Here it is almost 2022 and we still don’t have our jet packs. But don’t feel bad. NASA astronauts wanted a lunar jetpack, but they didn’t get one either. [Amy] …read more Continue reading There were Almost Jet Packs on the Moon
California’s JetPack Aviation (JPA) has been building and flying some of the world’s first genuine long-endurance jetpacks for many years now, but while founder, CEO and chief pilot David Mayman has been having most of the fun (and taking a lot of the … Continue reading JetPack Aviation makes first jetpack sales to unnamed military
Last month, we reported on astonishing first flight footage from the Copterpack, an Australian electric personal flight device. Now, eagle-eyed pixel peepers have scrutinized the video and presented evidence that a tether wire has been edited out.Conti… Continue reading Internet sleuths find evidence of Copterpack video tampering
They say you learn something new every day, and they’re usually right about that. Today’s tidbit is that just anybody (including [Ian Charnas]) can exchange money for jet engines, no …read more Continue reading Roller Skating, Wile E. Coyote-Style
A green alternative to the humble kerosene-burning jetpack? Recently released video shows an Australian man rising high off the ground using a two-rotor electric personal flight device he calls the Copterpack. It’s bulky, but looks surprisingly stable … Continue reading Aussie electric Copterpack makes sensational first manned flight
Jet suits, jetpacks, jetboards … The new range of crazy personal flight devices all share some things in common: plenty of people would love to fly one, very few have the cash to own one, and even fewer can probably be trusted to fly them safely and … Continue reading Royal Marines test Gravity jet suit in ship boarding exercise
Last week we featured a story on the new rules regarding drone identification going into effect in the US. If you missed the article, the short story is that almost all unmanned aircraft will soon need to transmit their position, altitude, speed, and serial number, as well as the position …read more