Jetpack Guy KLAX on Sunday 30 August

[@terryboyer1342]

When I bust Class B airspace I prefer a lawn chair and helium balloons myself.

[@loribarfield1330]

i remember that, it was a guy from san pedro. years ago i bought a used book at a thrift store, and when i got home, found a firsthand note written inside about it. i never met the guy, but it feels like i now own a piece of that (questionable) history.

[@AMStationEngineer]

Don't forget your Red Ryder 200 shot Carbine Air Rifle, with the compass in the stock. That's your elevation control.

[@747-pilot]

OMG!! Exactly! When this story came out, I was immediately reminded of "Lawnchair Larry" ROFLMAO! 😂

[@sixtoes2313]

Could you just imagine seeing that....Delta 2487 to ATC, We are ten miles out.........Hey wait a second..ATC.We have a person in a lawn chair off are port side. Looks like he is drinking a martini.

[@blancolirio]

Don't drop the BB gun..."DOH!" LOL

[@Mrsournotes]

Yep, brings back memories of Lawn Chair Larry! Of course he made it to 15,000’ and if memory serves, that was Long Beach or LAX. Larry, May he Rest In Peace, used his pellet gun for altitude control, until he dropped the gun. What a guy. Thanks Juan.

[@Riverrockphotos]

I had forgotten about that.

[@johnnydodge]

Jetpack man probably violated his shorts when he was like whoa theres planes in my way

[@evankeal]

BS, he knew what he was doing. I guess 911s allure has worn off.

[@kyleglenn2434]

Good one 👍

[@katana5562]

Evan Keal I wonder why he did not choose to fly elsewhere. I also think he did it on purpose to make the news.

[@sarahalbers5555]

@@katana5562 Same!

[@xKmotx]

I'm waiting for the GoPro video from Jetpack Guy to show up on KZbin.

[@Maxumized]

xKmotx I’m editing it as we speak

[@larryscott3982]

Bring it on.

[@dalecomer5951]

That would be self-incriminating.

[@larryscott3982]

Dale Comer Like that never happens on YT.

[@tomwilliam5118]

Just like what happened to drones have stupid people doing stupid stuff with them now they're starting to regulate them

[@MacFromUrbexCross]

Robert Downey Jr. Is getting real bored in quarantine. Lol

[@xjet]

Or, based on the accuracy of previous pilot reports of drones... it might have just been a shopping bag.

[@davidwebb4904]

xjet Or a weather balloon....

[@michaelwarren2391]

That was my thought as well - some sort of balloon.

[@b737driver8]

Right, pilots are not to be believed. We just make stuff up for kicks.

[@xjet]

@@b737driver8 Not saying pilots make stuff up... just saying that they don't always get things right and drones seem to be the universal scape-goat. www.standard.co.uk/news/london/suspected-drone-that-hit-british-airways-jet-above-heathrow-airport-could-be-plastic-bag-a3230791.html

[@davidwebb4904]

B737 Driver The number of drone hating pilots is embarrassing. Everything’s a bloody drone sighting. Now you are picking on the Jet Pack flyers.

[@stanley917]

Just imagine where the FAA is going to have JetPack guy install his ADS-B out beacon.....

[@grantrennie]

They can be tiny, there are pollution checking balloons with them inside

[@bermuge1]

where the sun don't shine

[@gosportjamie]

Probably about the same place he nearly got the A321...

[@Chris-bg8mk]

They're going to call it ADS-B in...

[@bazonka1]

Or what they're going to use as the antenna! 😆

[@TakingOff]

As a Cessna Centurion pilot, when I bust Bravo, I like to argue, in a whiny voice, and tell ATC "No" when they tell me to exit. Usually works out very well. And Juan... you said "fish finder"!! 😂

[@kenclark9888]

Taking Off on another channel i heard the recording of the 210 pilots recording of his phone call to the FSDO. Interesting

[@TakingOff]

Ken Clark yeah we have it on mine.

[@kenclark9888]

Taking Off that’s the one!!

[@jiveturkey9993]

I used to work off of Aviation and Manchester right at the foot of LAX and man you would not believe how busy that place was on Friday evening.

[@woodworm3615]

Has anybody thought of going after "Robert Downey Jr." Its him! Its known that Iron Man IV is in the works.

[@kdrapertrucker]

Ac/dc was heard faintly in the background as the plane passed.

[@nw6gmp]

or Elon Musk

[@bendeleted9155]

Does he have to have a tail number, and where does it go?

[@hpijeep]

Let’s just say that’s the worst part of being a jet pack pilot 😳🙀

[@ellenorbjornsdottir1166]

On his rump. :D

[@NC0Q]

I would think a “jet pack” would qualify as an ultralight. No tail number needed.

[@RustyorBroken]

You know that it has to have at least one 0 or O in it.

[@richardpehtown2412]

On his U.S. Penitentiary jumpsuit.

[@skyking228]

Pretty sure you can find him/her on Point Dume at 10880 Malibu Point. Fun to watch, thanks!

[@alanhelton]

I heard about this yesterday and I couldn’t have been more excited to see you post something today about it

[@alanhelton]

Explain that upside down wedding cake

[@onshisan]

@@alanhelton Aircraft take off and land on a sloped trajectory (angled toward - and away from - the airport); hence, the area required for Class B airspace is larger at progressively higher altitudes.

[@wunderfuel]

The future, Juan. That's what we're looking at. FAA needs to have something in place for the airborne commuter. I agree with you about class B violation not being the best choice to introduce your concept or cause, but maybe now the FAA has gotten the message. Whether it's drones carrying passengers , or personal light air vehicles ( electric ??) a profound change in air travel is right around the corner. Love your show !! Keep it rollin'

[@charlesbates9563]

Pete-- "Dad, I want a jetpack for Christmas". We can hear it now.

[@douglasrodrigues9329]

Something to think about:. Jet packs lack gliding ability if you have an engine failure.😵

[@mikefinley733]

Juan.. This morning on crackbook there was a video of a Iron man suit, RC / drone that was lighted and flying,, it was about 7 foot tall and looked like the real suit from the movie !! Bet that was the one . Going to try to find it and post it back here if I can find it . Good to see you back in good spirits again !!

[@mikefinley733]

Ok, here here it is ! kzbin.info/www/bejne/rp7YnGuVltinldk

[@majormal1]

Thank you Juan. I live in LA LA land. When this story popped up I knew you'd be all over it. Cute kid..

[@bbigjohnson069]

Dude was practically right over my house. When AAL1997 was at 3K ft. he was about 13 miles out and and less than a mile from me.

[@davidwebb4904]

Just admit it. It was you… 😉😆

[@scottskinner577]

Juan got me dusting off my *The Rocketeer* dvd. 🤘 I see ya, Juan. I see ya

[@63paul65]

Brings me back to jetsons cartoon when i was a kid and now it happen

[@missyd0g2]

Jimmy Johns delivery of sandwiches to a passengers on jets.

[@bcrazyyeti]

Kids are wonderful! Thanks for the update and explanation.

[@KelseyDunlevy]

"See ya here!" What a smile. Love your channel, Juan!

[@Anthillacres]

Pete you're a great ventriloquist, but I think I saw your lips move once. I worked in Oakland center in the seventies (yes we had airplanes then) and received a phone call from a Stanford Professor that wanted to launch tethered balloons at various points around the bay area to 25 hundred feet. One point was the outer marker to SFO.

[@MicheleBoland]

So back in Houston in the middle 90's I was being checked out in a Grumman and the CFI shouted out when I was in the downwind there is a guy in a jetpack on the runway to try and distract me but he accidentally keyed the radio instead of just saying in on the intercom. The controller in the tower had some snarky comment back to us! :-)

[@flyerjack1548]

Michele Boland ... was that out of Hobby? They had a Grumman dealership and a sweet old lady CFI, Maybelle Fletcher, who was the DPE when I passed my Private in the 80s. She was like a “flying grandmother” 😎

[@MicheleBoland]

@@flyerjack1548 I was being check out of Hobby but it was another tower controlled airport west of there, I need to check my log books to see if i can sort that out. I loved flying in the Houston area! Some wonderful people there. I mostly flew out of David Wayne Hooks. Great restaurant there when I was living there.

[@grantrennie]

😂

[@f-16guy30]

As an ex-Delta 767-400 pilot based at LAX, I'm glad to hear you'll be back in the cockpit soon. Safe flying!

[@ihateusernames2006]

I am glad Pete from Corporate was available for this podcast. I hate to imagine what it would have cost to fly him in from HQ.

[@johnfranklin1955]

Juan, I have a question for you....Do you think in the near future, or maybe 10 years time, that the airline industry’s technology will advance enough that it eliminates the need for ATC?

[@blancolirio]

no, they'll get rid of pilots 1st...

[@gawoodbridge]

Maybe the owner of N731NR sold the P210 and bought a jet pack!

[@airmackeeee6792]

😂😂😂😂😂 You sir win the Internet today!!! 👍

[@KelseyDunlevy]

Hahahahaha! Thanks for the laugh!

[@exrobowidow1617]

I had no idea what you were talking about. So I googled it. That guy lives just up the street from where my dad's house was! We didn't know our neighbors very well... in this case that's probably a good thing!

[@waynemagin2554]

Pete is getting big and growing up !! Thanks for being a Great Dad. Pete is a lucky boy to have a dad like you !!

[@alanholck7995]

Jet pack at 3000AGL? Up there long enough for 2 airliners to make visual contact?? How much fuel do these things carry? Or has there been a major breakthrough? I remember the one in James Bond movie had like 40 seconds of fuel.

[@vrghr]

The quick answer is, "Yes, there have been." That version in the Bond film was powered with highly pure Hydrogen Peroxide that was catalyzed into high pressure steam & Oxygen by a silver mesh. It had very short flight duration, as you pointed out. There are currently systems that are using multiple small turbojet engines, usually a pair of larger ones on the back, and others strapped to the arms for directional control. These use kerosene, like their larger aircraft cousins, and can sustain flights of several minutes, sometimes up to 10 minutes.

[@alanholck7995]

@@vrghr Thanks. Now I know what I want for Christmas.

[@socomon69]

From Mashable: JetPack Aviation's CEO David Mayman said it wasn't them or any of their jetpacks. "It wasn't us," Mayman said. "We're trying to work out who it was as well, or what it was." "We don't sell our jetpacks, and we know where they are," he added. So it's not like someone could be using one of them without the company's knowledge. In fact, Mayman has doubts that it was a jetpack at all. First of all, he said there are only a handful of companies that make jetpacks capable of reaching such heights, and he doesn't think any of them would be "stupid enough" to "risk the whole industry" with a stunt that endangers the pilot, aircraft, and passengers. What's more, Mayman said that what the pilots describe is technologically impossible without a parachute landing. The jetpacks that exist today can only operate for around 10 minutes, according to Mayman. That would be enough time to reach 3,000 feet and fly around for a bit, but then the pilot would need to descend with a parachute. "I didn't hear any reports about a parachute coming down within LAX," Mayman said.

[@marklittle8805]

@@socomon69 some guy may have managed to reverse engineer one of these in his garage. Never underestimate the ability of some guys with a garage full of tools and the access to the internet

[@socomon69]

@@marklittle8805 While that is possible it is unlikely they overcame the issue of fuel needed to get to altitude and the limited flight time mentioned in the article.

[@acecodemaster1337]

It's crazy to think that we live in a time where a pilot seeing a guy on a jetpack out the window isn't outside the realm of possibility. We're living in the future folks, congratulations, we made it.

[@johntindell551]

Give Juan a 787 damn it... 😀

[@flycory]

Superb Juan! I'll get over to patreon to get that sweet hat!

[@Bitterrootbackroads]

Is there cell phone video from passengers?

[@TrooperJarrodVentura]

God bless your heart Mr. Brown... The BEST professional pilot on YT.

[@thegiant573]

I knew you would be all over this.

[@WillysPerformanceCycleCtr]

Thanks Juan for your technical, yet simple approach to explaining this in non-avaition terms for us laymen! Glad that you’re ready to go back to airline flying. Knuckleheads like this jet pack guy ruin it for everyone! More and more rules for everyone to abide by. Take care my friend! Kablamo!!!

[@rcarsey]

Honestly, i think the FBI will find the guy.. only because there are only so many jet packs out there. how many? i don’t know, but what maybe 10-20 in the whole country???

[@wim0104]

yep, they be going through receipts

[@OhMySack]

There easily could be some misconception of "jetpack" to those not in the loop. There are all kinds of new turbine engines used in R/C jet flying that provide incredible thrust and aren't much bigger than a loaf of bread. They have been placed on composite wings that are put on the pilot's back and flown around just like an airplane and there are some that are strapped on to the arms and back that provide huge lifting forces. I tend to think is less of a "James Bond" era "Jetpack" than the it is the readily available, though very expensive, newer turbines. As for getting caught? It's 2020. No stupid human trick goes without video and some sort of chest pounding of accomplishment. Somebody in the loop is gonna squeak and the mystery pilot will eventually be exposed to reap the 15 minutes of fame and then prosper from a defense fund GoFundMe when it all hits the fan!

[@aitorbleda8267]

@@OhMySack Yes, but those engines are notoriously unreliable and expensive to run/rebuild.. if you thought your Lycoming/Continental was expensive to run.. this is even more expensive.

[@oldmech619]

Aitor Bleda Notoriously Unreliable Those words scare me.

[@sizzelot]

Yep...just like they found out how Trump colluded with the Russians.

[@dougbourdo2589]

.... Knuckle-headedness.... Love that !! Perfect description.

[@Blowinshiddup]

These guys can NEVER keep quiet. Probably recorded it, just wait til he uploads. It'll just make buying RC stuff that much harder.

[@mykofreder1682]

I doubt there were many of these sold in the area and the owner will be getting a call from the feds I suspect. If he is steely cool in his lies he will get away with it otherwise he will be caught, obviously lawyering up will blow it but might be his best chance of escaping. Though I would not be surprised the airliner might have video or he slipped up in his communications with people, once you know who it is it doesn't take much to convict because owning one of a dozen jet pack in the area is strike 1 and 2 with most jurors.

[@DirtyLilHobo]

Reminds me of Lawn-chair Larry, July 2, 1982, drifting slowly at 16,000 ft over Long Beach in a lawn-chair suspended under several helium weather balloons flying through the Long Beach Airport approach corridor and spotted by a couple airliners…

[@marksigmon8388]

"Knuckleheads" - sounds like something my Dad would say. Love it.

[@Drhumbolt]

Wait this jetpack guy was at 3000' woah . That's kind of impressive

[@first_last-]

Right?! Everyone's gotta lighten up. What's the worst that could happen? The jetpack guy dies? Big deal. What a great showcase of technology!

[@Studio23Media]

first last Pretty sure one of those things could cause some serious damage to a plane.

[@first_last-]

@@Studio23Media Eh, big deal.. You have insurance for a reason. The plane isn't just gonna fall out of the sky.

[@mohawkvalleyphenomenon2974]

Jetpacks do not carry enough fuel to get to 3000ft and get the person back to the ground alive. So what did they see?

[@first_last-]

@@mohawkvalleyphenomenon2974 Oh are you a pioneer in jetpack technology? Maybe they tossed him out of a plane.

[@catherinenelson4162]

Some pilot just might "Wash that Jet Pack man right out of the air"!

[@HeartlandTuber]

Are enough of us old enough to get the reference to musical that old?

[@barbaracarter8384]

Yes we are, my husband and I both ate cracking up at all the great comments.

[@yodez3]

Glide ratio for jet pack engine out? 3k feet kinda high for this sort of shenanigans.

[@paca_bill4863]

Can you say "drop like a rock"? :)

[@bobstroud9118]

Was rocket man a Part 103 driver (air recreation vehicle) like me ? Knuckle Heads comprise a large contingent of our hobby. Of course, I never did anything like that. ( Quicksilver MX, 1986 to 2003. ). N.E.OH BOB. Thanks Juan. Nice hat! ( smile face)

[@LTRegulate]

Hope you get back into the air soon. Hopefully (fingers crossed) going to Europe in May, you can fly me in that 777 from LAX to Europe.

[@pasha12343]

Always so interesting listening to your explanations, keep up the great work 👍🙂

[@sunydigital]

Jetpack Guy - More money than brains?

[@antoniobranch]

He's got a have brains to fly it.

[@danielbierwirth2190]

Jet Pack Girl, Dumb, blond, and Busty

[@rmgf1005]

When will you have the 'Kablamo" T-Shirt?

[@cfdtv1]

Thanks Juan for posting! It only takes one bad apple!

[@richc47us]

Look! Up in the sky...it's a bird , it's a plane,...it's Ka Blamo!

[@andret4403]

A number of years a go. I went to my one and only Paris air show and was able to go to the tradeshow portion. One of the companies at the tradeshow had a jet pack. It was really cool and I could see this design having the means to get to that altitude. Someone flying this jet pack though would have to have a lot of money to afford having and flying this jet pack. Also if the FBI can assess model of jet pack, seems the FBI could track down the owners in area.

[@andret4403]

This was the jetpack I saw images.app.goo.gl/QcVdwVteR8nSckfd6

[@johngalt6929]

I never knew those jet packs could fly that high. Don't they also have very limited endurance?

[@mbryson2899]

Thank you, Mr. Browne, for the most cogent and understandable to a laymam accounts of this incident that i have seen thus far. You laid the whole thing out and why it's so important, without sensationalism. EXACTLY why I subscribe. (And I'll keep my fingers crossed that some paperwork gets tangled so that you get the ride you want!)

[@bryanhauschild4376]

I envy “heavy” pilots. I was gifted as a spray pilot but always wanted to fly a big freighter.

[@richardmartin6533]

I just read that jet packs are good for a 10-minute flight, they have a service ceiling of 15,000' AGL, have 6 engines that run on either kerosene or diesel. and it costs somewhere above $250,000.

[@rvasic]

Only in LA.

[@woodworm3615]

Stark Industries Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark / Iron Man: An industrialist, genius inventor, and consummate playboy, he is CEO of Stark Industries and chief weapons manufacturer for the U.S. military

[@phapnui]

Jet packs fly in formation with airliners in Kuwait.

[@petruzzovichi]

Another EXCELLENT video. Blancolirio is my FIRST You Tube check each morning. Many thanks for your great channel.

[@jroar123]

I have my fingers crossed for you getting back to work.

[@stevenroth5424]

Once again Jaun Brown keeps us informed & educates us with his knowledge on this. Thank you.

[@califcamper]

There's a jetpack guy waiting in the sky he'd like to come and meet us but he thinks he'd blow our minds...

[@heyidiot]

LAX to Major Tom... LAX to Major Tom... Get your Jet-pack a-way from that A321!

[@oscarsusan3834]

European or African jet pack?.coconuts a plenty....🙄

[@forwardplans8168]

It was Commando Cody, a favorite serial from the '50s, has his new jet pack. He may have done the same thing, flying next to an A380.

[@geofiggy]

Wow JB, this is just insane. Too bad re: the 787 gig. You'll get there. Hang in there. Looking forward to you going back to work. Kabblamo back you PiP. Hope school is going well, if you're back. 🦕🦖 Take care JB and stay safe. 🤟🏽🖖🏽

[@Fig330]

Awesome breakdown of the situation, clinical. technical. Love you, J.

[@doneanddone4952]

Dollars for doughnuts that he posted a video. LOL

[@timothycook2917]

Oh I bet he GoPro'ed it for sure!

[@russellsmith3825]

Assuming he survived

[@garymartin9777]

Having a jetpack that can get a person to A3000 and sustain is quite something. If he didn't crash and burn this guy is really on to something.

[@steveevans4093]

Thanks for another informative episode. Don't know if I agree with you Juan on the "bad publicity" argument. My first question was what kind of jetpack and where do I get one. I did not know they even existed with this kind of capability. Can you imagine the view he had with those airliners going by! Thank goodness most people won't be able to afford them. Are your hats and shirts made in the USA? I hope they are as I would like to have one.

[@timothymckee1412]

What about the turbulence coming off the wingtips?

[@ca-dz9vb]

Must have been that chowderhead from the 1990 s Movie The Rocketeer. Thank you Juan Enjoy all your videos !!

[@lorenwilson8128]

Most jet packs have very limited flight time. I would like to know what he was flying.

[@pablopicaro7649]

In 1984 Olympics Jet Pack, pilot Bill Suitor flew one of the original jet pack models at the Los Angeles . ... In a flight that was covered by international news stations,

[@johnfranklin1955]

Wow, Juan’s channel has more than 200K subs!..Outstanding.

[@rjeff753]

Love this channel. I need a new hat and can’t think of a better one to get. Thanks Juan for all of your hard work and dedication to factual informative reporting.

[@w4vy]

So some guy in a jet pack is racing jets flying at the sides of them and not one person thought to film him out the window? If I saw a man flying a jet pack 300 ft away from the plane I was sitting in I would of hit record on my phone or camera straight away. So either only the pilots saw him or..... I was going to say or it didn't happen but why didn't the pilots film him? Also what about radar? Thanks for the upload.

[@steveholton4130]

Is some dude flying with a jetpack even large enough to cast a blip oh radar?

[@malcolm20091000]

If you were a passenger on one of those flights, and were looking hard, you might see him for a second, or a half second. No way would you be able to film him unless you already had your camera pointing out and running.

[@johnp139]

3000 yards away

[@Quasihamster]

Strange thing is, KZbin has been recommended several videos about home-made and commercially available jetpacks since the morning. Then this happened in the evening (my local time).

[@georgeorwell4534]

Going for the Guinness record for being the first human sucked into a jet engine.....during flight.

[@gungadinn]

That feat has already been accomplished. A United aircraft B747 had a forward cargo door have a latch failure, causing the door and a large section of the fuselage to liberate the aircraft. There were nine passengers that departed through the hole created by the rapid decompression, sending 2 them through the CF-6 engine and out the back end. DNA testing was completed on the remains discovered and identified as two different persons.

[@georgeorwell4534]

@@gungadinn damn.

[@gungadinn]

George Orwell If you’re interested, google up United flight 811. Happened in 1989.

[@frederickevans4113]

Correction: going for a Darwin Award...

[@catherinenelson4162]

Good on You Juan for the hats and T-shirts! I HOPE YOU have a picture of Pete's jet in the logo, as there are a lot of Hartsfield ATL employees and pilots that live in the areas where I live and shop! Also, can you have the women's tees in a variety of sleeve lengths? (Like 3/4 sleeves and long sleeves)? Thanks for the consideration! Hello to the Browne family!

[@mellissadalby1402]

Thanks for explaining the rules around this. My thoughts are "What a moron!". You are very polite to refer to this guy (jet pack guy) as a knucklehead. I have stronger words in my head about this person, but I understand you have "family" channel. Keep up the good work! Yeah man,I want a Blancolirio Tee-shirt!

[@steveholton4130]

Juan Browne for President.

[@b737driver8]

Yeah, knucklehead was showing a lot of restraint.

[@RS-ls7mm]

Just another RC with a human shape sighting. Easy for an RC to get that high. Superman RC was the first I heard of many years ago.

[@hadleymanmusic]

So now the mans lookin for him and now we gotta hide all ours

[@aviation3530]

Pete is one handsome little man. My little guy turns 20 next week; gotta love those years when the kids are little.

[@okoboji2001]

Get your medical back and you start jet(Pack)ing around LAX 🤣🤣🤣

[@squawk012h]

Wow Pete is growing up so fast or maybe I’m getting old too fast. Thank you for your better explanation of this situation than the news outlets.

[@reginaldcrudstump383]

Do we know it was a guy? Could have been Jetpack Girl!

[@steveholton4130]

NAKED under the Jetpack!

[@ilikemitchhedberg]

@@steveholton4130 did you ever realize? Underneath our clothes, we are all naked!

[@Ass0280]

KZbin will cancel you for miss gendering.

@steve holton Jetpack: Commando Edition

[@danielbierwirth2190]

Jet Pack Girl, Dumb, blond, and Busty

[@westphals]

Pete’s got the best Kablamo on the Internet!

[@stuartandrews4344]

Been quite a few sightings of flying humanoid figures,one only a few months ago over Phoenix, Arizona...

[@maryroller4417]

Moth man

[@Pcj74049]

I appreciate you tubers sharing their profession and interest

[@slkgeothermal]

You are correct with your comment about the jet pack guy or gal causing rules and regulations for all the law abiding jet packers. I build & fly free style FPV quadcopters and the FAA has been hell bent on making new rules for all us law abiding quad pilots to follow due to idiot pilots doing dangerous flights. The idiots are still flying like idiots regardless of the rules but we all get to share the pain caused by them. Keep up the good work keeping us updated on aviation and fire fighting news. I would love to see more of your TAT videos, I bet you have more footage on the cutting room floor, drag it out, splice it up and share :-)

[@danr5105]

Hello Juan. I have been following your channel and I remember that at times you give your opinion on various motorcycles, primarily the dual purpose type. Friend just bought a 2017 (he bought it with 11 miles on it from a Dealer) Honda "Africa". Bike is pretty impressive and a bit heavy. I ask if you can say a few words about the 2017 Honda Africa?

[@blancolirio]

2 words..."Too Big" - for any real off road adventuring. Looks great though.

[@danr5105]

@@blancolirio Thanks Juan. Oh by the way my friend is 6 foot 6 270 lbs (also 70 years old) so the Honda is a good fit. He is on a "cloud" (happy) over his new bike.

[@1990sRailfan]

Jetpacks? I thought that was just a Gilligan’s Island thing.

[@drkatel]

Lol. Yep. When I see the word “jet pack,” I always think of Gilligan.

[@woodworm3615]

Stark Industries Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark / Iron Man: An industrialist, genius inventor, and consummate playboy, he is CEO of Stark Industries and chief weapons manufacturer for the U.S. military

[@frederickevans4113]

Look up the Opening Ceremony for the 1984 Summer Olympics (incidentally: in Los Angeles too). My whole family was in LA that Summer and my dad was a coach in the "Games" that year (and 5 more times since then). My dad accidentally ended up in the background of the SI "centerfold" shot of the torch hand-off during the opening ceremony. I digress. A stunt professional in a Jetpack flew in during the opening ceremony, IIRC.

[@drkatel]

Frederick Evans, that’s very cool! I’ll have to dig up that cover. 😎 My memories of the ‘84 Games aren’t as pleasant. I was a starving Midwestern college student at the time, so I took a job house-sitting for a family who went to the Games. They lived in the country and I was to take care of their animals-a ménagerie of pets, not farm animals. One of their cats had been hit by a car in the past and not only was he half-crazed, he was missing a tail and his anus was displaced onto his flank. Another cat caught a chipmunk which I managed to pull from the jaws of death. I took it inside and successfully resuscitated it, after which it promptly escaped my hospital box and ran amok in their house for a full day until I caught it. Lastly, their collie blew his coat all over their dark shag carpeting. I was supposed to clean their house but procrastinated, planning to do it the day before they returned. They came home two days early without letting me know.

[@marcdenton2996]

Is there any question about having a ‘operational’ 2-way radio?

[@tomstarros3189]

ask d b cooper

[@ericlozen9631]

Thanks

[@EdUcation-og2is]

Juan commands us to stand by. I swear he was talking directly to he. @ 8:15

[@TheFrenchPug]

I would say it could be an RC aircraft made to look like a guy and a jet pack but there would be no reason to go that high. That being said, Mission Control is just down the 405 there.

[@jiveturkey9993]

I think that's pretty likely Cuz the only way a jet pack guy is going to get that high is if he jumped out of an airplane.

[@stashi0176]

The Bell aerospace jet packs of the 60s had a pretty short range. Should be old videos of the jet pack guy buzzing Niagara Falls at a few hundred feet

[@TheFrenchPug]

@@jiveturkey9993 There is that one guy that has jet wings and jet packs that does that overseas. But he is pretty legit with his procedures.

[@jiveturkey9993]

@@TheFrenchPug he gets dropped out of an airplane. I think if someone dropped a guy out of an airplane with a wingsuit with model jet engines attached to it right near LAX some heads would be rolling. I suppose it's possible that it could be done undetected but I kind of highly doubt that.

[@TheFrenchPug]

@@jiveturkey9993 I do too. I was just saying that guy is the only one I know of doing that stuff. Link: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pn_Ei3Z6ndubbpo

[@MrGTO-ze7vb]

Was he an Ex TWA Pilot????

[@AMPMhandle]

Didn't anyone on the AA flight get a photo of this guy? Could this have been an alien flying humanoid rather than a jetpacker? Jetpacks don't fly at 3000' unless they launch by skydiving. No such aircraft in the LAX radar. Could jetpack have launched from the roof of a downtown LA skyscraper? And no photos from anyone?

[@James-oo1yq]

Find him on KZbin flying next to an A380 in Dubai.

[@sietuuba]

@@James-oo1yq Only for a limited time and after launching by airdrop from a helicopter and with parachute landing. Something like that would have not gone unnoticed.

[@Cissy2cute]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/lYezp36ia8qtr8U

[@AMPMhandle]

@@Cissy2cute Thanks for that Jetman video from Dubai. I had seen that video well before this recent incident was reported at LAX. An American Airlines crew reported a Jetpack at 3000'. A Jetpack does not have wings like in the Jetman video you referenced. It is much harder to get a Jetpack to that altitude. That's why it may have been a flying alien humanoid instead. A realtime photo would clear this up.

[@sietuuba]

@@Cissy2cute An easier explanation: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mpSnf2dmbr91rJY

[@shakey2634]

The Rocketeer! One of my sons favorite movies.

[@scottontheboat2340]

They said Biden was seen leaving his basement with a football helmet 🤔🍻

[@ScottRothsroth0616]

SCOTT ontheboat Lol.

[@watchgoose]

sorry you didn't get the 787.... your idea previously of going back to school after a protracted absence was a good one.