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200 14$aThe great American jet pack$b[electronic resource] $ethe quest for the ultimate individual lift device /$fSteve Lehto
210   $aChicago $cChicago Review Press$d2013
215   $a1 online resource (260 p.)
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
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320   $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
327   $aFront 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
327   $a17 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
330   $aTracing 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
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