The ability to fly independently is a dream for many, and it's why superheroes like Superman are so popular. Science fiction has been teasing the world with jetpacks for nearly a century, beginning in ...

It sounds like something out of a movie: An American Airlines pilot calls the control tower at Los Angeles International Airport to warn that his plane just flew past someone in midair — a person ...

In 2013, Popular Mechanics magazine posed the question, “Why Don’t We Have Personal Jetpacks?” In 2016 it wrote, “The Real Jetpacks Are Finally Coming.” In 2020, because Americans are idiots, some guy ...

California-based startup JetPack Aviation is selling two of its jetpack units, for $400,000 apiece, to an "undisclosed military customer in South-East Asia," New Atlas reports. The model, called the ...

The video is real and had not been doctored. However, the man shown using the jetpack, known as a "Jet Suit," was an operator for Gravity Industries, not an active British Royal Marine. We found ...

Whenever a useless new gadget makes the rounds of the internet, there’s this phrase that pops up: We were promised jetpacks. Or, the active variation: They promised us jetpacks. Jetpacks have long ...

Jetpacks aren’t sci-fi anymore. The U.S. military is testing electric-powered systems that let soldiers fly up to 5 kilometers with handheld thrusters. Tactical entry, rapid mobility, and high-ground ...