Well, it's about freakin' time:
Fusion Man makes historic Channel flight | Lifestyle | Reuters
The jet man has taken his personal wing across the English Channel. Of course it required an aircraft-assisted launch, and flame-retardant pants, and it's not quite the same as boosting out of your back yard for the morning work commute. But it's close enough that I'm willing to accept its fulfillment of the 1950s promise of the personal jetpack.
Now all I need is my jet car, but I think they're getting pretty close there too...
Fusion Man makes historic Channel flight | Lifestyle | Reuters
The jet man has taken his personal wing across the English Channel. Of course it required an aircraft-assisted launch, and flame-retardant pants, and it's not quite the same as boosting out of your back yard for the morning work commute. But it's close enough that I'm willing to accept its fulfillment of the 1950s promise of the personal jetpack.
Now all I need is my jet car, but I think they're getting pretty close there too...