# Jet Pack guy? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 26, 2020, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jet-pack-guy/928932 "2020-12-26T04:49:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2020, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jet-pack-guy/928932/1 "2020-12-26T04:49:55Z")
There have been many reports of a guy in a jet pack near LAX. > **[A man flying in a jetpack has been spotted again in the skies over Los Angeles...](https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/14/us/jetpack-guy-back-lax-trnd/index.html)** > > An unidentified man was seen flying in a jetpack near the Los Angeles International Airport ... again. Except that he is supposedly flying for many minutes at altitudes of 3000 and 6000 feet. The best jet pack sold has a duration of 9 minutes and a altitude of 250 ft. > **[Jet pack](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jet_pack)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > A jet pack, rocket belt, or rocket pack is a device worn on the back which uses jets of gas or liquid to propel the wearer through the air. The concept has been present in science fiction for almost a century and became widespread in the 1960s. Real jet packs have been developed using a variety of mechanisms, but their uses are much more limited than their fictional counterparts because of the challenges of the Earth's atmosphere, gravity, the low... The media doesnt seem to realize this. I suspect a well done drone. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2020, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jet-pack-guy/928932/2 "2020-12-26T05:23:30Z")
We’ve been talking about this for months now in MPSIMS: ["Guy in a jetpack" reported at LAX - #46 by Retzbu\_Tox](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guy-in-a-jetpack-reported-at-lax/919559/46). ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2020, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jet-pack-guy/928932/3 "2020-12-26T05:49:59Z")
OK, I will report my post for closing. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2020, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jet-pack-guy/928932/4 "2020-12-26T05:51:34Z")
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**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2020, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jet-pack-guy/928932/5 "2020-12-26T05:51:50Z")
Closed duplicate.