BBC

How a jetpack design helped create a flying motorbike

At around the age of 12, David Mayman tried to build a helicopter out of fence posts and an old lawn mower. Needless to say, it did not go well. His contraption didn't fly and he was made to fix the ...
The Guardian

‘It’s a glorified backpack of tubes and turbines’: Dave Eggers on jetpacks and the enigma of solo flight

David Mayman at the Red Bull Air Race in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, in 2018. Photograph: Andreas Langreiter/Limex Images When inventor David Mayman took to the skies, it seemed he’d answered an ...
The Independent

First flying jetpack paramedic goes on Lake District trial mission

Jamie Walsh is one of the first paramedics able to operate a jet suit in the Lake District, after only six days of training. This is one of a number of flying paramedic trials run by Great North Air ...
Travel Mole

Another jetpack flyer spotted by pilot near Los Angeles

Another mysterious flying jetpack was spotted in the skies above Los Angeles. It was seen on Wednesday by a China Airlines crew. It happened near Los Angeles International Airport, just like one in ...
Metro

Flying Frenchman crashes into lake after losing control of jetpack hoverboard

Flying Frenchman Franky Zapata has been injured after crashing into a lake. The inventor of the jet-powered Flyboard was rushed to hospital after plunging 15 metres into the water during a display at ...