The human race doesn't take long to turn every form of technology into some type of competition. And jetpacks are no exception:
You got to admit it looks pretty sick!
The exhibition race was held in Dubai with Gravity Industries which designed the suits:
The races on Wednesday saw pilots wear 1,500-horsepower jet suits, more powerful than most luxury sports cars and using the same kind of fuel used by Dubai-based long-haul carrier Emirates' Airbus A380s and Boeing 777 aircraft. Pilots lined up on a runway used at the Dubai Marina by Skydive Dubai, the thrill-seeking firm associated with the sheikhdom's Crown Prince Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Maktoum, with some parachutists coming down as they prepared their jet packs.
The suits "currently can reach speeds of 80 mph."
We're all thinking the same thing of course: When will these things be on sale at the local Walmart??
We have come a LOOOONG way since this, the best jetpack video ever:
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