The pilot called air traffic control to report a man wearing a jetpack flying near the plane.
Tower tapes released detail the pilot's exchange.
Pilot: "Tower, American 1997, we just passed a guy in a jetpack."
Tower: "American 1997, OK, thank you. Were they off to your left or right side?"
Pilot: "Off the left side, maybe 300 yards or so, about our altitude."
The jet was flying at an altitude of 3,000 feet at the time of the encounter.
The tower then warned other approaching flights to be on the lookout for a man in the jetpack.
The incident is under investigation.
It wasn't me, honest!
Cool,I guess it's officially the future now.
ReplyDeleteA jet-pack's far too dangerous. So I getting a drone big enough to sling a hammock under.
ReplyDeleteLooks like elton johns rocket man is coming true.
ReplyDeleteI always assumed Elton John’s Rocket Man was a metaphor. Ahem.
DeleteRisky but as long as he was wearing a mask and maintained social distancing....
ReplyDeleteCan those things really get up to 3000 feet? One website claims they can but that seems a little dubious.
ReplyDeleteNo way it was a jetpack. Those things require too much infrastructure, like a helicopter from which to launch. More likely, it was something like this, drone-powered.
ReplyDeletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=20&v=dcDN409ZBv4&feature=emb_logo
it was Race Bannon. or James Bond.
ReplyDeleteJust so long as he wasn't wearing a cape...
ReplyDeleteThe important question is ...
ReplyDeleteDid they sight Betty! (as played by the young Jennifer Connelly)
Can you prove you weren't there?
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