Jet suit paramedic takes Lake District test flight

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https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/sep/29/jet-suit-paramedic-takes-lake-district-test-flight
(video at link)

Jet suit paramedic takes Lake District test flight

Inventor Richard Browning puts potentially life-saving suit through its paces in ‘groundbreaking exercise’

Nazia Parveen
North of England correspondent
Tue 29 Sep 2020 10.23 EDT Last modified on Tue 29 Sep 2020 14.05 EDT

Defying gravity as they hover over water before zipping across mountainous landscapes and landing with pinpoint accuracy, the jet suit paramedic could soon form part of what could become an extraordinary new service being trialled in the Lake District.

If given the green light by ambulance service chiefs, the paramedic powered by lightweight jet-packs would flit across treacherous terrain within minutes to reach stranded causalities.

In an awe-inspiring test flight, the inventor Richard Browning, looking distinctly like Marvel’s Iron Man, put the suit through its paces on the Langdale Pikes.

Browning could be seen shooting across the grassy knolls at heights of between 3 and 6 metres (10 to 20ft) in search of a party of walkers simulating a casualty scenario. Within minutes the woman and young girl had been located in a search that would normally have taken rescuers more than an hour on foot.

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1. I saw that on bbc news this morning

Looked cool

[3Hotdogs]

2. T'ain't nuthin.

James Bond did that years ago.