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The Thunderpack model TP-R2G2, created by Thunderbolt Aerosystems, just might be the closest thing available to the rocket-powered jet pack of your childhood science fiction fantasies. Sure, it can only fly for 75 seconds--and that's the upper end--but its creators hope further research and development may make jetpacks a viable solution for everything from forest fire control to business commutes. In fact, Thunderbolt claims that its original Thunderpack (model R1G2) was sold to an undisclosed company specifically for emergency and earthquake rescue operations.

For about $100,000, Thunderbolt Aerosystems says you can have a TP-R2G2 this summer.

                     

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Would You?brian.catt@...  | 01/30/08
Cool for Cripswheelrider28@...  | 02/01/08
Lost in Spacemichaellashinsky@...  | 02/01/08
I definitely am! Even when I was skinny I was probably..JCitizen  | 02/01/08
SAW ONE IN BULAWAYO in 1957 - flew longer than 75secs!tundawenna2@...  | 02/01/08
Good points..JCitizen  | 02/02/08
mOller skycarblhg@...  | 02/04/08
To this day I have yet to see a Moller Skycar fly...JCitizen  | 02/04/08
ggloss4words  | 02/05/08
Ex Bulawayo....gtrail@...  | 02/04/08
75 seconds for a hundred thou?vtassone@...  | 01/30/08
Yep, no doubt...cbtevan@...  | 01/30/08
RE: (Photos: Jet pack dreams take flight)mark.molenda@...  | 01/30/08
RE: (Photos: Jet pack dreams take flight)roughnex40@...  | 01/30/08
Nice Work But,Shadetree Engineer  | 01/30/08
Go-Fastwlewis@...  | 01/31/08
That's What I'm Talkin' About! Awesome!Shadetree Engineer  | 01/31/08
There is a turbo Jet packdenhawkeye@...  | 02/01/08
Sure they didn't use a little turbo "wire boost"?...JCitizen  | 02/01/08
absolutely positivedenhawkeye@...  | 02/04/08
Perpetual Motionmichaellashinsky@...  | 02/04/08
Any...Ed Woychowsky  | 01/30/08
RE: (Photos: Jet pack dreams take flight)wlewis@...  | 01/30/08
RE: (Photos: Jet pack dreams take flight)mdanchalski@...  | 01/30/08
Nothin' new.dave@...  | 01/30/08
Not Realsandpaper600@...  | 01/30/08
Seen it way back!!cwwillis@...  | 02/01/08
So why are we even seeing this?mmcbride@...  | 02/01/08
With the improvements in fuel specific impulse and..JCitizen  | 02/01/08
You and I must be a lot alike!danconklincs@...  | 02/25/08
Black Light Rocket? Hmmm! Could be...(NT)JCitizen  | 02/26/08
The "Lost In Space" jet pack had a longer fly timedenhawkeye@...  | 02/01/08
Was the fuel mix the same?JCitizen  | 02/01/08
They used jet fueldenhawkeye@...  | 02/04/08
You must be thinking of that JetPack T-73JCitizen  | 02/04/08
Have these guys never heard of a thing called a Helicopter?dlogan@...  | 02/02/08
More expensive and even harder to learn to fly. (NT)JCitizen  | 02/02/08
RE: (Photos: Jet pack dreams take flight)memzilla@...  | 01/30/08
RE: (Photos: Jet pack dreams take flight)vtassone@...  | 01/31/08
Not Vista DVD'sspreston@...  | 02/01/08
Tried Better Use of AOL CD's!danconklincs@...  | 02/25/08
RE: (Photos: Jet pack dreams take flight)cedric.tanga@...  | 01/31/08
RE: (Photos: Jet pack dreams take flight)adamdbach@...  | 01/31/08
RE: (Photos: Jet pack dreams take flight)adamdbach@...  | 01/31/08
But you can see the ropes..Jeff.sergeant@...  | 02/01/08
What I am really curious about....glgruver  | 02/01/08
FAA Registration Requiredrwright142@...  | 02/01/08
Probably closer to rocket classification...JCitizen  | 02/01/08
FAA Certsrwright142@...  | 02/02/08
Interesting - when I was playing with my BD5 my API...JCitizen  | 02/02/08
As old as WWII, reallyMr L  | 02/01/08
RE: (Photos: Jet pack dreams take flight)flodur2@...  | 02/01/08
What does this have to do with an IT based forum?PivotalGeek  | 02/01/08
Quit You Whinningmeunster  | 02/01/08
Have you heard of "all work and no play?"mudpuppy1  | 02/01/08
What does this have to do with an IT based forum?smoothwaters56  | 02/01/08
Geez dudeOregonLighthouse  | 02/01/08
Look at the Logo at top - see "Tech" as in TechRepublic...JCitizen  | 02/01/08
RE: (Photos: Jet pack dreams take flight)fred@...  | 02/01/08
That's the best suit they had?mackenzie@...  | 02/01/08
That is exactly the kind of dude they want doing this..JCitizen  | 03/06/08
RE: (Photos: Jet pack dreams take flight)john@...  | 02/04/08
RE: (Photos: Jet pack dreams take flight)Yardbyrd  | 02/14/08
Cool but powered glidingdenhawkeye@...  | 03/03/08
I got a video of a guy who jumps off a cliff with a simple..JCitizen  | 03/04/08
I'd hate to live near theredenhawkeye@...  | 03/05/08
The military doesn't have a problem with similar systems...JCitizen  | 03/05/08

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