A parachute can also be seen attached to his pack as he wheels away from a pier which is lined with curious anglers. With the pack operating at full tilt, the unnamed man reaches a height of ...

Jet pack, Iron Man, or UFO? The elusive jet pack guy, spotted multiple times in Los Angeles skies last fall before dropping off the radar, may have returned Wednesday night. Stream Los Angeles ...

This Rocket Belt No. 2 was worn by William P. "Bill" Suitor while serving as a rocket belt or jet pack test pilot for Bell Aerosystems from March 1964 to June 1970. He flew it on several occasions, ...

To some extent, everyone's in the market for a jet pack. But since Bell Labs built the first rocket belt (the correct, if less exciting, name) in 1953, potential buyers have been stymied by two ...

The first such occurrence of a rocket man was reported Sept. 1, 2020. Back on that day, a couple of pilots said they saw the person flying using a jet pack about 3,000 feet in the air as they ...

Engineer Harold Graham, of Buffalo, N.Y., glides over a parked car during a demonstration of a one-man, rocket-powered jet pack, outside of the Pentagon in Arlington, Va., June 16, 1961.

So why the hell aren’t we all flying to work via rocket power? Because you’re about as aerodynamic as a potato, my friend. Here are five reasons the jet pack just hasn’t happened yet ...