The age of true jetpack flight is near, and Special Operations Command wants in on it

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The age of true jetpack flight is near, and Special Operations Command wants in on it

JetPack Aviation's new generation of individual lift devices can remain airborne for more than 10 minutes at speeds of over 200 mph.
 

By WYATT OLSON | STARS AND STRIPES Published: January 23, 2019

One-man jetpack flight has long tantalized the public.

Functioning rocket packs were featured in 1960s-era TV shows such as “Gilligan’s Island” and “Lost in Space,” and James Bond donned a Bell Rocket Belt in 1965 to escape villains in “Thunderball.”

But the flight duration for such compact machines — a class of aircraft called individual lift devices, or ILDs — was measured in seconds, and their fuel source was exotic.

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