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Man takes off in jet pack, wows crowd in Casa Grande

Reported by: Eric English
Email: eenglish@abc15.com
Last Update: 1/13 7:53 pm
(Eric English)
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The red joysticks, silver nozzles and gleaming tanks on Eric Scott's strange contraption tend to draw a crowd, and cause a lot of excitement.

Timothy Adams eagerly anticipated the upcoming flight.  He said, "I ended up deciding this would be more important than work."

The stop in Casa Grande would not disappoint, as Scott lifted off into the sky with a deafening roar.

Brad Rinehard said he came out to see the spectacle. "It's just the dream of flight I guess. I've been reading about these things since i was a kid."

Eric Scott and his jet-pack literally blow crowds away with his unique form of flight.

Scott described the flight. "In a way, it's like jumping on a trampoline, but one of those times, you keep going up, he said. "It can take off in a spiral, head one direction, and come back and land on painted footprints."

The jet pack runs on a solution of 90 percent hydrogen peroxide, and produces more than 700 horsepower. Flights only last about 30 seconds but are spectacular.

Adams was thrilled by the flight, and said, "As far as I'm concerned, we're meant to be in the air. Maybe not all of us, but a few of us are meant to have our feet off the ground."

Science fiction come to life, but still not quite ready for the masses.

Rinehard recalled, "Isn't there supposed to be one in every garage now?"

Adams said, "That's something I want to do, definitely. I would pay a lot of money to do that."




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