Residents Astonished When Man in Jetsuit Cruises Through Arch in Bridge
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Residents Astonished When Man in Jetsuit Cruises Through Arch in Bridge:
Residents in downtown Grand Rapids, Michigan, were shocked to see a man in a jetsuit blast over the city's Grand River, and even dive through an arch of a nearby bridge earlier this week.
As it turns out, the man with the jetpack was none other than Alex Wilson, who has been testing the unusual gear for the UK-based company Gravity. In fact, according to local news, Wilson has already donned the suit at more than 200 events.
"It's genuinely so intuitive and so natural to fly that anyone can do it," he told local reporters. "This isn't another aircraft, it's really you flying."
Gravity's suits, which the company likes to refer to as "1,000 horsepower jet suits," make use of jet turbines attached to the wearer's arms and back.
The company is confident enough to allow inexperienced thrill-seekers to test out the jetpack at a training facility just outside of London, UK.
It seems that this technology will be available long before the flying cars that we were once promised. So, how many of our community fancy giving it a try? Where would you want to fly and why?
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