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    Arrow Time to take jetpacks seriously? Just ask the British Royal Navy

    Time to take jetpacks seriously? Just ask the British Royal Navy


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    Last week, the British navy went full-on James Bond mode and tested a jetpack in the field. The footage below is truly a sight to see.
    The jetpack in focus, Gravity Industries’ Daedalus, can fly for just a few minutes at a time…… But it’s been years in the makingIn 2016, 41-year-old veteran Richard Browning built the original suit at his home in Salisbury, England.The man could be Tony Stark’s British cousin:
    • As an oil trader for BP, he quickly turned a ~$27.8k GPS ship tracking system into a ~$69.5m revenue stream.
    • One of his grandfathers was the CEO of a helicopter company, the other a wartime pilot, and his father an aeronautical engineer.
    Gravity got a boost after Browning was asked to give a TED talk the same day as Elon Musk and the pope in 2017.Tesla and Twitch investor Tim Draper invested $650k after seeing Browning fly in a parking lot — the terms were signed on the back of a $100 bill.

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    Last edited by DGUtley; 05-07-2021 at 03:34 AM.
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