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Man In A Jetpack Spotted Near LAX

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DXing 17 Oct 20, 13:39Post
First reported last month in NAS news for September 20th...

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Los Angeles Pilots Report Man In Jetpack Near Airport Approach
Pilots approaching Los Angeles International were in for a shock on Sunday evening. Multiple aircraft crews reporting flying past what has been described as a man using a jetpack on the approach to the airport. The FAA is investigating the occurrence and has alerted law enforcement to the report.
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Now it's happened again....

An unidentified man was seen flying in a jetpack near the Los Angeles International Airport ... again.

The man was spotted by a flight crew around 1:45 p.m. Wednesday, the Federal Aviation Administration confirmed to CNN.
"A China Airlines crew reported seeing what appeared to be someone in a jet pack at an approximate altitude of 6,000 feet, about seven miles northwest of Los Angeles International Airport," the FAA said in a statement.


https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/14/us/jetpack-guy-back-lax-trnd/index.html#:~:text=A%20man%20flying%20in%20a%20jetpack%20has%20been,near%20LAX%20using%20a%20jetpack%20was%20reported%20Wednesday.

Aside from the thing most likely being really noisy, you would think his take off and landing would have attracted attention from neighbors or passerby's. Hard to believe in this day and age no one got a cell phone video of it.

Guy, or gal, has got guts. 6000 feet, if something goes wrong, it's definitely all over for him or her.
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paul mcallister 18 Oct 20, 10:54Post
I would assume they have a parachute if things go wrong. Doubt the inflight catering is up to much. LOL
ShanwickOceanic (netAirspace FAA) 18 Oct 20, 18:05Post
Someone, somewhere, suggested that this might be a half-way convincing model flown by an idiot of the ground-bound variety.

paul mcallister wrote:Doubt the inflight catering is up to much.

Sausages and marshmallows...
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JLAmber (netAirspace ATC & Founding Member) 19 Oct 20, 19:37Post
With all the cancelled gigs it was inevitable Elton John would get bored...
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