Martin Aircraft Company’s CEO, Peter Coker, said that the P12 prototype was a “huge step up” from the previous prototype. “Changing the position of the jetpack’s ducts has resulted in a quantum leap ...

Picture a flying go-kart, with eight turbine engines – a pair on each corner, gimballed on two axes together with exhaust nozzles. That is a loose description of the Speeder, a 272kg (600lb)-payload ...

POPLAR — A local engineer has spent the last two years designing a prototype jetpack. Strapping his SkyPak V1 to his back on April 8, Daniel Gant stepped out the door of his workshop in the village of ...

One of the smallest jet aircraft ever designed could be several years away from becoming the first sky-legal motorcycle. When it’s certified by the FAA, the Jetpack Aviation Speeder will be a flying ...

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand (AP) — Glenn Martin was sitting in a bar with his college buddies 35 years ago when they got to wondering: What ever happened to flying cars and jetpacks? The next day, the ...

“The jetpack uses the same sort of jet engines that you see on a passenger plane, only ours are the size of a rugby ball. “What is unique about what we’re doing is the computer-controlled autopilot ...

Having started out with the vision of personal flying using a wearable jet pack, the eponymous JetPack Aviation has shifted its focus to a single-seat vehicle that the startup hopes will form the ...

The P2 Speeder was created by Mayman Aerospace, a subsidiary of JetPack Aviation, which was launched to develop vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft. The P2 Speeder was unveiled at the Draper ...