The Bell Rocket Belt
I had no idea that the Rocket Belt was real. I sincerely thought it was the product of science fiction. Every time I’ve seen a man flying on television with one of these, I’ve assumed that they were on wires and that something like this couldn’t possibly work because his legs would be burned by heat of jet fuel burning.
They weren’t using jet fuel, though. They were using compressed gas. Apparently, the conversion of a liquid to gas has quite a thrust.
Here is a video from The History Channel about the Bell Rocket Belt and its place in history:
You can find out more technical information here:
I’m kind of angry that my flying cars haven’t shown up, but finding out that jet packs are REAL is almost enough to make me feel better about it. My only question is where can I buy one.