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November 03, 2021

Airborne 11.03.21: Jetpack Man Id'd?, CFI ACS Work, Balloon Medicals

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The mystery is finally solved, for the past two years people and pilots in los angeles have reported seeing unidentified person flying vertically in the air, thousands of feet in the air, armed only with his clothes and a small pouch on his back. Observers initially assumed it to be held aloft with a rare homemade thruster-equipped backpack, leading to theories as to what kind of backyard inventor became the "Jet Pack Man". A small number of various man-portable thruster systems have been made, but most carry prohibitive fuel requirements to keep the pilot aloft for more than a few minutes. Even the most cutting edge equipment has a maximum safe ceiling in the range of 1,500 fe

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Elusive LAX ‘JetPack Man’ Identified

Not Elusive Inventor, Actually an Inflatable Skeleton

For the last 2 years, Angelenos have heard scattered reports of pilots and observers near the Los Angeles Airport of an unidentified person flying vertically in the air, thousands of feet in the air, armed only with his clothes and a small pouch on his back. Observers initially assumed it to be held aloft with a rare homemade thruster-equipped backpack, leading to theories as to what kind of backyard inventor became the "Jet Pack Man". A small number of various man-portable thruster systems have been made over the preceding decades, but most carry prohibitive power and fuel requirements to keep the pilot aloft for more than a few minutes. Even the most cutting edge equipment has a maximum

“Not A Medical Emergency And Not Related To Covid-19,” NASA Says

The upcoming Crew-3 launch has been postponed once again, with NASA citing a minor medical issue with an unspecified astronaut. The flight was to take place aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon launched from their Falcon 9 rocket on October 31, when it was postponed citing a large storm system. The issue now, NASA affirmed in a statement, is not related to Covid-19, nor any serious medical problem that would preclude the launch in the near future. The astronaut crew will remain in quarantine at the Kennedy Space Center until the mission begins. The launch is now scheduled for November 6, 2021 from Cape Canaveral in Florida.