You’ll be able to buy your own jetpack for $150,000 next year

Martin Aircraft has announced that it will begin selling its manned jetpack in the second half of 2016 for about $150,000. Developed over the past 35 years, the jetpack is powered by a 200HP V4 petrol engine that drives two ducted fans for upto 30 minutes of flight time. It can carry a payload of up to 265 pounds, attain a top speed of 45 MPH and reach altitudes of 1,000 meters. The New Zealand-based company showed off its latest prototype at an air show in Paris, using a simulator outfitted with an Oculus Rift VR headset to let visitors…

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