Jetpack over LA

[TomS]

How did we miss this?

Two airliner crews on approach to Los Angeles International report seeing "a man in a jetpack" flying at 3,000 feet.

That's within the envelope of some available jetpacks like the JB 9/10/11 family, but you'd have to be an idiot to fly anywhere close to LAX approach.

Airline pilots reported seeing 'a guy in a jetpack' flying 3,000 feet over Los Angeles

Federal authorities are investigating after two pilots on two different flights told air-traffic control they saw a man in a jetpack near LAX on Sunday.

www.nbcnews.com

 

[quellish]

Northrop and Boeing are right by LAX. B-21 demonstrator?

 

[taildragger]

How did we miss this?

Two airliner crews on approach to Los Angeles International report seeing "a man in a jetpack" flying at 3,000 feet.

That's within the envelope of some available jetpacks like the JB 9/10/11 family, but you'd have to be an idiot to fly anywhere close to LAX approach.

Airline pilots reported seeing 'a guy in a jetpack' flying 3,000 feet over Los Angeles

Federal authorities are investigating after two pilots on two different flights told air-traffic control they saw a man in a jetpack near LAX on Sunday.

www.nbcnews.com

Well it's nonsense then because there are no idiots in the LA area.

 

[hagaricus]

OK, so someone who has access to a jet pack, the training and skill to get to 3000ft with it, and is stupid enough to fly near the LAX flight path? I think this is a hoax, most likely a guy-in-a-jetpack shaped balloon or drone hybrid of some sort.

 

[Zoo Tycoon]

These guy’s have a branch office in California

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[TomcatViP]

How did we miss this?

If by We, you are referring to the ppl of this forum, rest assured, We didn't. I put it in the Bar forum, under the This is hilarious funny thread

 

[TomS]

How did we miss this?

If by We, you are referring by the ppl of the forum, rest assured, We didn't. I put it in the Bar forum, under the This is hilarious funny thread

I see now. I didn't look there because I didn't find the notion of someone flying a jetpack through the approach pattern of a major airport to be especially funny.

 

[TomcatViP]

The fun part (IMO) was the way Airlines pilots kept their calm. I have the feeling it wouldn't have happened the same way everywhere or in another moment of History. 2020 certainly has hardened our feelings toward oddities.
Anyhow, I didn't feel like creating a new thread. But I am glad you did.

 

[TomS]

And apparently it happened again, at an even higher altitude. I'm starting to lean toward it being a prank using a person-shaped balloon or something. Not many jetpacks that can really reach 6000 feet and stay long enough to be seen by multiple people.

Second sighting of person wearing a jet pack near LAX prompts new investigation

The report comes six weeks after two commercial pilots said they saw a man in a jet pack flying around the eastern approach to Los Angeles International Airport.

www.latimes.com

 

[uk 75]

Before Daniel Craig there was....

 

[Grey Havoc]

A Pilot Reported Another 'Possible Jet Pack Man' Near Los Angeles - Slashdot

ABC News reports: A Boeing 747 pilot near Los Angeles reported Wednesday night another "possible jet pack man in sight." It's the latest in a string of mysterious jet pack sightings near the City of Angels since last year. "A Boeing 747 pilot reported seeing an object that might have...

tech.slashdot.org

 

[shin_getter]

Someone need to come up with a sci-fi setup involving jet pack man robbing peaceful vtol passengers as a standard backdrop.

It is sad that even as technology have improved, imaginations have been stuck in D&D and the "forever normality" of superhero world.