Sky News<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n“For us it’s a very important step because it moves it out of what I call a dream into something which I believe we’re now in a position to commercialize and take forward very quickly,” Peter Coker said.<\/p>\n
Inventor Glenn Martin began working on the jetpack in his Christchurch garage more than 30 years ago, inspired by childhood television shows such as Thunderbirds and Lost in Space.<\/p>\n
He aimed to create a jetpack suitable for everyday use by ordinary people with no specialist pilot training.<\/p>\n
His jetpack consists of a pair of cylinders containing propulsion fans attached to a free-standing carbon-fibre frame.<\/p>\n
The pilot backs into the frame, straps himself in and controls the wingless jetpack with two joysticks.<\/p>\n
The jetpack comes with a rocket-propelled parachute if anything goes wrong.<\/p>\n
The company has been fine-tuning the prototype to turn it into an aircraft that is safe and easy to use.<\/p>\n
The latest prototype, the P12, incorporated huge design improvements over earlier versions.<\/p>\n
“Changing the position of the jetpack’s ducts has resulted in a quantum leap in performance over the previous prototype, especially in terms of the aircraft’s maneuverability,” Mr Coker said.<\/p>\n
The company is preparing a specialized version of the jetpack designed for the military and first-responder emergency crews such as firefighters.<\/p>\n
That should be ready for delivery by mid-2014, it says.<\/p>\n
A simpler model aimed at the general public is expected to be on the market in 2015.<\/p>\n
The price of your own personal flying machine is estimated at $150,000-250,000 (\u00a397,000 to \u00a3160,000), although Mr Coker said the cost was likely to come down over time.<\/p>\n
The experimental flight permit issued by the New Zealand Civil Aviation allows someone to pilot the aircraft.<\/p>\n
But the test flights are subject to strict safety requirements.<\/p>\n
They are not allowed any higher than 20ft (six meters) above the ground and are limited to areas over uninhabited land.\u201d<\/p>\n
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This is a pretty cool idea, but for $150k – $200k, it’s out of my price range. Too bad I wouldn’t be able to earn any frequent flyer miles by solo flying in a jetpack! Would you buy one?<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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