The great American jet pack : the quest for the ultimate individual lift device / Steve Lehto.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lehto, Steve.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Personal propulsion units--United States--History.

Personal propulsion units.

Aeronautical engineers--United States--Biography.

Aeronautical engineers.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (260 p.)

Place of Publication:

Chicago : Chicago Review Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 fligh

Contents:

Front Cover; Front Flap; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Introduction; 1 Flying Shoes and Hovering Platforms; 2 The Hiller and de Lackner Flying Platforms; 3 The Age of Man Rockets; 4 The Quest for the Rocket Belt; 5 Wendell F. Moore and the Bell Rocket Belt; 6 The Rocket Belt Flies; 7 The Bell Rocket Men; 8 The Sud Ludion and the Pogo; 9 William P. Suitor: Rocket Man; 10 The Jet Flying Belt; 11 The WASP; 12 The WASP Gets Kinesthetic Control: The WASP II; 13 The Rocket Belt Returns; 14 The Pretty Bird Saga; 15 Civilian Rocket Belts; 16 The Modern Rocket Belt in the Public Eye

17 Ducted Fan Lift Devices18 Hal Graham; 19 Jetlev; 20 Jetman: Yves Rossy; 21 When Will We Have Jet Packs?; Epilogue | Where Are They Today?; Appendix | Origin Hoaxes; Acknowledgments; Bibliography; Notes; Index; Back Flap; Back Cover

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-61374-431-5

OCLC:

836403910