I always wanted the Lost in Space jetpack
On Tue, Sep 1, 2020, 3:36 PM Nate Burke <n...@blastcomm.com> wrote:
> Which is why I'm all the more confused. Why isn't there chopper
> coverage of it? Or was it busy following a car chase?
>
> On 9/1/2020 4:20 PM, Bill Prince wrote:
> > Two things:
> >
> > 1. It's LA.
> >
> > 2. It's Fox News in LA.
> >
> >
> > bp
> > <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com>
> >
> > On 9/1/2020 2:07 PM, Nate Burke wrote:
> >> Just saw this story in the local paper. #1, I didn't realize jetpacks
> >> were so prevelant. #2, it seems like flying this close to a plane is
> >> just stupid.
> >>
> >> LOS ANGELES -- The Federal Aviation Administration said Tuesday it is
> >> investigating reports from airline pilots that someone was flying in
> >> a jetpack as they approached Los Angeles International Airport to
> >> land last weekend.
> >>
> >> Two airline flight crews reported seeing what appeared to be someone
> >> in a jetpack as they were on their final approaches to LAX around
> >> 6:35 p.m. PDT Sunday,' the FAA said.
> >>
> >> The statement did not elaborate.
> >>
> >> Fox 11 Los Angeles obtained recordings of communications between the
> >> aircraft and the tower.
> >>
> >> 'Tower, American 1997, we just passed a guy in a jetpack,' a pilot
> >> said.
> >>
> >> 'American 1997, OK, thank you, were they off to your left side or
> >> your right side?' the controller asked.
> >>
> >> 'Off the left side at maybe 300 yards or so at our altitude,' the
> >> pilot said.
> >>
> >> Another pilot also reported a sighting.
> >>
> >> 'We just saw the guy pass by us in the jetpack,' he said.
> >>
> >> The controller then advised another aircraft flight crew to use caution.
> >>
> >> 'Person in a jetpack reported 300 yards south of the LA final at
> >> about 3,000 feet (914 meters), 10-mile (16-kilometer) final,' the
> >> controller said.
> >>
> >>
> >
>
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