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A real live Jettson! (Original Post)
mysteryowl
Sep 2020
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tblue37
(65,403 posts)1. Cool! K&R. nt
Thekaspervote
(32,773 posts)2. What a thrill that would be!!
Laffy Kat
(16,383 posts)3. SUPER!
I want to do that. According to "Popular Mechanics" when I was growing up, we were all supposed to have our own jetpacks by now. I've never forgotten and I. Want. Mine!
mysteryowl
(7,390 posts)4. Okay, and be careful when you do.
No running into stuff!
Laffy Kat
(16,383 posts)6. I'll probably be in my eighties by then, but by god, I will do it.
I dream about flying all of the time. I got my glider pilot's license in 1992 and thought that was as close as I would get. Now, I see, maybe there's hope.
mysteryowl
(7,390 posts)8. Very cool!
Baked Potato
(7,733 posts)5. WOW!
Siwsan
(26,268 posts)7. Yea - it's all fun and exciting, until your nose itches!
Sorry - I couldn't resist.
mysteryowl
(7,390 posts)9. Good point!
central scrutinizer
(11,650 posts)12. Or other parts
love_katz
(2,580 posts)10. I love it that someone remembers The Jettsons!
I was wondering how he was going to land safely. It looks pretty awesome, and also really risky.
mysteryowl
(7,390 posts)13. Yes!
Rosie (robot), George, Jane, Judy, Elroy, and Astro the dog!!
klook
(12,157 posts)17. Jane, get me off this crazy thing! (nt)
love_katz
(2,580 posts)20. Bwhahahaha!
That is exactly what I thought!
mysteryowl
(7,390 posts)11. How is he being filmed, I wonder?
Marie Marie
(9,999 posts)14. Maybe a drone?
mysteryowl
(7,390 posts)15. Oh, yeah! That would be it!
Fla Dem
(23,690 posts)22. A Drone by a VERY skilled drone operator!
brush
(53,786 posts)16. Looks like he had selfie pole with camera attached to his helmet...
that was filming the head-on shots. When they showed the long shot of him from the side rear. As to who was filming that, I don't know.
Ferrets are Cool
(21,107 posts)18. It may not be, but that looks sooooooooooooo fake
mysteryowl
(7,390 posts)19. Naah dude, look at the wake on the water!
Midnightwalk
(3,131 posts)21. There is training 90 minutes outside London
Its probably not cheap. Cmon power ball.