Friday, November 10, 2006


Remember the old 90s movie Rocketeer? I had almost forgotten about it until I recently stumbled over this 1966 clip of the real thing. Somehow the idea of strapping a rocket on your back is just so incredibly fascinating, although the pilots comment about getting down with the help of gravity after the 21.5s burn of fuel sounded a bit worrying... For now I'll stick to the good ol' Cessna 172, but as soon the break-through of commercial rocket backpacks come...

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