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When I think of a sci-fi movie or older spy movies, jetpacks come to mind.  This weekend, while enjoying some outdoor time with the family, I looked up in the sky, only to see someone, flying through the air, on a strange contraption.  This is not the first time I have witnessed this.  The first time I saw the flying machine, was years ago with my husband.  Being from the area, Danny informed me that the man flying the machine (which resembles a bike with a balloon on it), had been doing so for years.

Interesting as it was, the flying object he was in looked unreliable to me.  Regardless, I wanted to know what it was called and how it was made.  Unfortunately, I did not find any information on the man in the sky’s contraption through any web search engine, but, I did find “The Jetpack”!  The best part about finding the jetpack was that it is not something only seen in the movies.  It is real!  What I found was The Martin Aircraft Companies Website!  They make “The Martin Jetpack,” which, is simply the coolest thing ever!  The exact verbiage in the from their website states; “The Martin Jetpack is the world’s first practical jetpack. It consists of a purpose-built gasoline engine driving twin ducted fans which produce sufficient thrust to lift the aircraft and a pilot in vertical takeoff and landing, enabling sustained flight.”  I want to say that out loud kind of like in A Christmas Story when Ralphie is talking about the famous Red Ryder BB Gun!

  Oh yeah, there really is a “Red Ryder BB Gun!”  I even found one in PINK, obviously!  The BB Gun was made by Daisy Outdoor Products and introduced in 1938.

The Martin Jetpack on the other hand, could be the next best thing in commuting as far as I am concerned.  Guaranteed, the accident rate would drop considerably, unless you like bashing into people on purpose!  Commuting would be so much more fun too (as long as the weather cooperated)!  Imagine hovering through the air, waiving to your neighbors as you passed by them, no more kids un-buckling their car seats.  Even waiting in line at your local Starbucks drive (or should I say fly) through would give one the opportunity to engage in conversation!  I bet my kids would have a blast, as long as baby wearing was possible while flying through the air on the Jetpack as well.  Although the Jetpack reminds me of movies like Back To The Future, and Return Of The Jedi, as shown the picture below, it’s exciting that they may be released in our future!  Talk about a technological “must have!”
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