Newport Beach Council shifts again, allows jetpack use in harbor

In an about face, council members approve plan to allow Jetpack America to operate in the bay until 2016.
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Prior to the May 12 council meeting,The Log observed Jetpack America’s operation during a one-hour stretch between 11 a.m. and noon in front of Marina Park. At relatively closerange (about 50 yards away), the sound of a nearby jet ski trailing a jetpack operator was louder than the jetpack itself. The noise appeared to be quite faint and no louder than any other harbor activity when standing in front of a few houses about 200 to 300 yards away from an operating jetpack. In fact, the noise of planes from John Wayne Airport flying overhead, nearby construction users and steady automobile traffic were significantly louder than the operating jetpacks.