The Great American Jet Pack: The Quest for the Ultimate Individual Lift DeviceChicago Review Press, 1 mei 2013 - 240 pagina's Tracing the remarkable history of a certain kind of flying machine—from the rocket belt to the jet belt to the flying platform and all the way to Yves Rossy's 21st-century free flights using a jet-powered wing—this historical account delves into the technology that made these devices possible and the reasons why they never became commercial successes on a mass scale. These individual lift devices, as they were blandly labeled by the government men who financed much of their development, answered man's desire to simply step outside and take flight. No runways, no wings, no pilot's license were required. But the history of the jet pack did not follow its expected trajectory and the devices that were thought to become as commonplace as cars have instead become one of the most overpromised technologies of all time. This fascinating account profiles the inventors and pilots, the hucksters and cheats, and the businessmen and soldiers who were involved with the machines, and it tells a great American story of a technology whose promise may yet, one day, come to fruition. |
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5 Wendell F Moore and the Bell Rocket Belt
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6 The Rocket Belt Flies
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7 The Bell Rocket Men
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16 The Modern Rocket Belt in the Public Eye
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17 Ducted Fan Lift Devices
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18 Hal Graham
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19 Jetlev
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Yves Rossy
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21 When Will We Have Jet Packs?
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Epilogue Where Are They Today?
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Appendix Origin Hoaxes
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The Great American Jet Pack: The Quest for the Ultimate Individual Lift Device Steve Lehto Gedeeltelijke weergave - 2013 |