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A real live Jettson! (Original Post)
mysteryowl
Sep 2020
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tblue37
(68,340 posts)1. Cool! K&R. nt
Thekaspervote
(35,816 posts)2. What a thrill that would be!!
Laffy Kat
(16,900 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
(8,733 posts)4. Okay, and be careful when you do.
No running into stuff!
Laffy Kat
(16,900 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
(8,733 posts)8. Very cool!
Baked Potato
(7,733 posts)5. WOW!
Siwsan
(27,823 posts)7. Yea - it's all fun and exciting, until your nose itches!
Sorry - I couldn't resist.
mysteryowl
(8,733 posts)9. Good point!
central scrutinizer
(12,651 posts)12. Or other parts
love_katz
(3,221 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
(8,733 posts)13. Yes!
Rosie (robot), George, Jane, Judy, Elroy, and Astro the dog!!
klook
(13,542 posts)17. Jane, get me off this crazy thing! (nt)
love_katz
(3,221 posts)20. Bwhahahaha!
That is exactly what I thought!
mysteryowl
(8,733 posts)11. How is he being filmed, I wonder?
Marie Marie
(11,039 posts)14. Maybe a drone?
mysteryowl
(8,733 posts)15. Oh, yeah! That would be it!
Fla Dem
(27,480 posts)22. A Drone by a VERY skilled drone operator!
brush
(61,033 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
(22,599 posts)18. It may not be, but that looks sooooooooooooo fake
mysteryowl
(8,733 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.
