Or the pilot if one of the blades strikes just about anything
semi-solid... like a pissed off eagle...
On 9/1/20 3:12 PM, Bill Prince wrote:
Those 8 egg beaters at the four corners might be tough on pedestrians,
or passerby in jetpacks.
bp
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On 9/1/2020 2:50 PM, Jaime Solorza wrote:
That's all we need... flying car accidents raining bodies
On Tue, Sep 1, 2020, 3:45 PM Bill Prince <part15...@gmail.com
<mailto:part15...@gmail.com>> wrote:
Did anyone see this guy in the area?
https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/29/us/flying-car-successful-test-in-japan-trnd/index.html
bp
<part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com>
On 9/1/2020 2:34 PM, Nate Burke 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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