Personal Flying Machines

But perhaps your transportation needs are more modest. You don’t need to take the family on a vacation or haul groceries across town, you simply need to get from place to place yourself. Wouldn’t it be great if you could just strap on a jet pack and zip away? Surprisingly enough, the personal jet pack (or rocket belt) has been in use successfully for over 40 years. It’s outstandingly cool, but of course, there’s a catch or two.
The idea behind a jet pack is just like that of the SkyCar: simply direct a lot of thrust straight down. Since the only payload is a human being, you don’t need much thrust, so conceivably a device like this could be made small enough to wear. Military contractors worked on the idea in the late 1950s and early 1960s, using a hydrogen peroxide-based rocket engine for power. In just a few years, stable, dependable units were making demonstration flights across the country, to the delight of the press. They were also featured in a number of films and TV shows—when you saw someone flying one in Lost in Space, Thunderball, or Ark II, that was the real thing.

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If you're interested in aircraft, tipjet helicopters, pulsejets, steam rocket cars, ramjets, blastwave jets, and (or!) food preservation, you've come to the right place. We are focused on solving transportation and nourishment problems around the world through the use of technologies pioneered by Raymond Lockwood (Ed's Dad). Ray was a Professor at Vanport College, Portland State University, and Oregon State University, had three engineering degrees, was Chief of Powerplant Development at American Helicopter and Senior Research Project Engineer at Hiller Aircraft. Many of his peers considered him to be the foremost expert in the world on pulse combustion technology.

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