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Is the Jetpack Movement Finally Taking Off?
Personal flight, once a pipe dream, is now within our reach. But futuristic transportation does not come cheap. David Mayman's right thigh is covered by a skin graft, the aftermath of a jetpack crash. In 2010, a “rocket belt” he bought in Mexico shot 1,300-degree steam down Mayman’s leg after he missed a landing in Australia, leaving him with third-degree burns. Today, in an avocado orchard north of Los Angeles, the clean-cut, 53-year-old Australian millionaire wears a thick, black flame-retardant jet suit.
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