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A jet pack, rocket belt, rocket pack or flight pack is a device worn as a backpack which uses jets to propel the wearer through the air. The concept has been present in science fiction for almost a century and the first working experimental devices were demonstrated in the 1960s.
The company was founded by Australian inventor David Mayman, who had previously worked in software but had a longstanding interest in developing a jetpack.In the mid-2000s, he began working with Nelson Tyler, an engineer and inventor in Hollywood who had previously worked on the Bell Rocket Belt in the 1980s.
Bell Aerosystems began development of a rocket pack which it called the "Bell Rocket Belt" or "man-rocket" for the US Army in the mid 1950s. [1] It was demonstrated in 1961 but 5 gallons of hydrogen peroxide fuel needed for 21 seconds of flight time did not impress the army.
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The JetLev is a water-propelled jet pack powered through a floater derived from jetski technology attached through an umbilical to the backpack which contains two nozzles and two control arms, in a configuration like traditional rocket belts and gas turbine jet belts. The JetLev also functions underwater, allowing users to dive into the water ...
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The jet packs are the only future technology depicted in the film which originated in science fiction. [23] They already exist and perhaps their most famous flights occurred in the pregame ceremonies before Super Bowl I in 1967 and in Los Angeles in the 1984 Summer Olympics during that event's ceremonies.
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