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Airline Pilots Landing At LAX Report "A Guy In Jetpack" Flying Alongside Them

送信時刻：5 ヶ月ほど前

As if 2020 couldn't get any weirder, airline pilots landing at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) on Sunday, August 30th, reported seeing "a guy in a jetpack" flying about 300 yards off their wing while on final approach to the bustling airport. What makes the reports even stranger is that, like a scene out of The Rocketeer, the airliners were descending through 3,000 feet when jetpack guy showed up next to them. Fox 11 broke the story and has the air traffic control audio… (www.thedrive.com) さらに...

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Frank Harvey 5 ヶ月ほど前 30

Would you need an N-number to talk to ATC ? What are Landing Fees for an Individual at LAX ? What is Wake Turbulence Separation for an Individual and a Heavy/A380 ? Is the actual Body of the Individual considered to be the Fuselage/Airframe under Part 43 (or 91 ?) and if so would the Body require a 100 hour check ? How would the check-ride be conducted ? Inquiring minds would like to know.

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James Simms 5 ヶ月ほど前 6

If it’s Raquel Welch, I’ll be happy to give the 100 hour fuselage check even @ it’s advanced age & give it a check ride.

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Tommy Boy 5 ヶ月ほど前 2

Eeeeewwww!!! Isn't she an 80 year old lady now?

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AWAAlum 5 ヶ月ほど前 7

Tommy, Tommy, Tommy - even old ladies can have allure. Shame on you.

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Tracy Thomas 5 ヶ月ほど前 2

Love it!

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Torsten Hoff 5 ヶ月ほど前 10

https://siamagazin.com/spectacular-rc-flying-man-in-scale-11-flight-demonstration/

Just sayin’...

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jbermo 5 ヶ月ほど前 3

Yea - that's probably it. . . . and I want one!

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airuphere 5 ヶ月ほど前 3

This looks like the most probable explanation.

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Chuck Chall 5 ヶ月ほど前 1

I don't think the operator could see it at 3000ft. I fly unlimited class RC sailplanes in the 14 to 16 ft wingspan size and they are mighty small at 3000. And, yes, I do have telemetry.

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jptq63 5 ヶ月ほど前 1

Wonder if the FAA will make a few phone calls and see whom may have been sold some kits? I.e. given a short quick glance my initial estimate would be a jet back (like reported) and guessing given a limited number of possible similar kits made / sold (?) drones of any type entering class B (or C, D) airspace that could endanger aircraft not welcomed.

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sparkie624 5 ヶ月ほど前 1

By looking at it.. I would say it is more of a Hope Built Design.... and the parts he would have ordered, thousands and thousands sold everyday.. and he has probably been working on it for months. Being in RC, that is not an over night project or something you buy in a store....

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Torsten Hoff 5 ヶ月ほど前 1

It’s still far more likely than a newcomer to the jetpack game designing and building something that’s capable of lifting a man thousands of feet into the air, remaining controllable and not crashing. He’d also have to take off and land in secrecy in some open space in the flight corridor for LAX — the noise would have attracted lots of unwanted attention.

The hydrogen-peroxide (steam) powered jetpacks are only capable of very short flights. Those using jet turbines have far more performance and endurance, but the cost of the turbines themselves puts them out of reach of casual garage tinkerers.

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sparkie624 5 ヶ月ほど前 0

Being an RC Pilot.... That looks like it would be fun to fly around my Neighborhood... :)

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JOE SERDYNSKI 5 ヶ月ほど前 -9

Amazing how the German political system stymies innovation ! ! !

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dee9bee 5 ヶ月ほど前 11

It happened in SoCal, need I say more? (Disclaimer, I grew up there) I'm thinking some sort of 'dummy, think of "Otto" in the movie "Airplane". Last but not least, the Pilots couldn't have had much more than a second while passing by for their minds to process what they were seeing.

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MrTommy 5 ヶ月ほど前 4

Did the guy have the customary "Red Bull" logo on his pack?

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James Simms 5 ヶ月ほど前 4

Could be a Breitling sponsor

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john doe 5 ヶ月ほど前 1

I thought it was the obligatory "Monster" logo.

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patrick baker 5 ヶ月ほど前 4

does any flying suit have enough fuel to be seen by three jets in landing sequence, one right after another?

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m3lightning 5 ヶ月ほど前 3

I think some of them have flight times of up to ~10 minutes. LAX has 4 runways and simultaneous parallel approaches can be common. I believe only 2 aircraft confirmed seeing the jetpack guy. So, yeah, definitely possible.

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Paula Thompson 5 ヶ月ほど前 2

The world is going nuts. But, I appreciate your reply. One other question. How much does one of these gizmos cost? What kind of fuel does it use? (Years and years ago, in my occasional trips from Oak Ridge to Knoxville, I would take a back road, because I could buy the cheapest gas at Rocket Fuel. It was $00.23/gallon. (Well, thus was a long time ago.)

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Paula Thompson 5 ヶ月ほど前 1

Yes, I wonder about that too.

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Bob Jordan 5 ヶ月ほど前 3

so it appears I've picked a lousy time to give up dropping acid....

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ADXbear 5 ヶ月ほど前 3

Was he on the ILS, or a traffic reporter?.

Lol

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Dan Alexander 5 ヶ月ほど前 3

I find it amazing that there is not 1 pic or video of this jetpack. In this era of everyone holding their phone 24/7 I find it hard to believe not ONE window passenger captured an image. I am NOT discounting the story. After 40 years as an ATC guy I have heard plenty of odd reports. BTW: Retirement rocks!

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WhiteKnight77 5 ヶ月ほど前 4

People doing stupid things is not new. That he didn't play the part of a bug on a windshield or become mincemeat is remarkable.

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Ron Streetenberger 5 ヶ月ほど前 0

I'm sorry, but this was probably the most entertainment the passengers have had in a long time. Your sour grapes are showing, WK77. The jet pack driver is my hero.

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john doe 5 ヶ月ほど前 2

Remember that when you're riding in the heavily-laden 737 that ingests one of these at 200' during takeoff.

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Paula Thompson 5 ヶ月ほど前 3

Talk to Sully Sullenberger.

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WhiteKnight77 5 ヶ月ほど前 2

Not everything goes that way. We see the aftermath here quite often sadly. Sully did an amazing job, and at least the river was there. It would have been an entirely different story without it.

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Paula Thompson 5 ヶ月ほど前 1

Yes, you are so correct.

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jws35 4 ヶ月ほど前 2

Anyone remember the guy in a lawn chair, with balloons from over 20 years ago ?
Southwest reported it and mentioned "and he has a gun"

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AWAAlum 5 ヶ月ほど前 2

It probably is Amazon's new drone delivery.

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wtwisniewski 5 ヶ月ほど前 2

I can't wait to read his NASA ASRS report!

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Ken Hardy 5 ヶ月ほど前 2

Jet pack guy at 3000 ft., I don't think so, even folks in Southern Cal aren't that stupid with a death wish. At best it was a RC drone of some configuration

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sparkie624 5 ヶ月ほど前 1

"aren't that stupid" - Wanna Bet!

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sparkie624 5 ヶ月ほど前 5

Idiots born everyday.... and they breed!

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william baker 5 ヶ月ほど前 7

I was bored. What can I say. LOL

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Daniel Griscom 5 ヶ月ほど前 1

Bored of flying, or bored of breeding?

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lynx318 5 ヶ月ほど前 1

That should be bored of breathing!

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william baker 5 ヶ月ほど前 -4

Bored because your mother did give me any last night. Now stop with the sexual remarks this isnt the place for that.

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JetChaser 5 ヶ月ほど前 3

Does Harrison Ford have an alibi?

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paul gilpin 5 ヶ月ほど前 4

there is definitely a generational gap here.
all the comments about tony stark.
when i first read the headline my thoughts went to "does he look like sean connery?"

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Paula Thompson 5 ヶ月ほど前 1

Or, did he look like Flash Gordon?

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Marty Martino 5 ヶ月ほど前 2

Not Flash Gordon. It must obviously be the Rocketeer.

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James Simms 5 ヶ月ほど前 3

That was a decent movie

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user3956 5 ヶ月ほど前 2

It really was, it's one of my favorites. It's great to watch every few years or so - never gets old. Been watching it since I was a teenager and I'd been wondering just how long it would be before jet packs were a thing...maybe the technology is finally coming of age?

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jptq63 5 ヶ月ほど前 3

Might be wrong on this, but think a Mode C transponder, radio, and some lights would be needed to help make the flight legal (if it could be...)? Scary to think about what might happen if the person got ingested by an engine....

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Ric Wernicke 5 ヶ月ほど前 12

He wouldn't have the guts to do it again.

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sparkie624 5 ヶ月ほど前 2

Don't count on it.... Most idiots don't learn the first time!

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lynx318 5 ヶ月ほど前 5

I think Ric meant after going through an engine he wouldn't have ANY guts!

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sparkie624 5 ヶ月ほど前 1

LOL... Good point....

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sparkie624 5 ヶ月ほど前 10

I guess he would be classified as FOD at that point.. LOL

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Bruce Headley 5 ヶ月ほど前 2

I am not buying it just yet. Consider the possibility of a light weight styrofoam dummy possibly supplemented with helium lift, either one dressed up to look like a man flying a jet pack. And being lifted and controlled by a drone or drone mechanism built into it. That is dangerously close to Hollywood where there are a lot of people with the "skills" to do a realistic light weight costume. I will withdraw this comment if one of the pilots says there was flame coming out of the jet pack.

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alan75035 5 ヶ月ほど前 1

Well, Tony Stark does live just up the coast...

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Richard Orgill 5 ヶ月ほど前 1

. Southern Calif said is all another Balloon man in flight. I wonder whatever happened to that idiot I know he got a hefty fine for that one.

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eji74 5 ヶ月ほど前 0

He has since passed on.

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Michael Meyers 5 ヶ月ほど前 1

The operators video will show up on YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, etc... in a day or so.

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airuphere 5 ヶ月ほど前 1

Maybe an Area 51 test pilot dropped his maps... if France is developing a military version - the US must be as well... ?? Weird.

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C Anderson 5 ヶ月ほど前 1

Completely inadvertent flight. The guy pressed “Start” and the next thing he knew he was on final al LAX (though apparently left of glide slope and out of sequence). Hey, stuff happens.

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Jesse Carroll 5 ヶ月ほど前 1

WOW, the first midair collision is going to be messy!

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sparkie624 5 ヶ月ほど前 1

To put it the way an Englishman would say it.... "It would be a Bloody Mess"

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mary susan watkins 5 ヶ月ほど前 1

i think everyone wishes they had a "jetpack" and a flying suit to get around these days!

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lynx318 5 ヶ月ほど前 1

Maybe he was trying to hitch a ride out of the US without going through the airport?

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Jakub Bialek 5 ヶ月ほど前 1

Yup. Ironman is real.

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user3956 5 ヶ月ほど前 2

Rocketeer

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erik godo 5 ヶ月ほど前 1

Since it is in LA, they were probably filming a stunt. Took them two planes to get the shot. James Bond?

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erik godo 5 ヶ月ほど前 1

And it probably was a dummy-drone.

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reinzi 5 ヶ月ほど前 -1

Pilots should not take drugs during flight

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paul gilpin 5 ヶ月ほど前 -1

the plane was obviously empty.
with all the videos captured by phones present day, this is sort of like a big foot sighting.

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sparkie624 5 ヶ月ほど前 2

Maybe they just had overly compliant passengers who actually listened to the Flight Attendant and really turned them off... But then again...

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Paula Thompson 5 ヶ月ほど前 2

Well, I just bought BigFoot socks for my brother. So this all just fits in with weird world.

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