I recently posted about the new version of the Martin Jetpack (more specifically, a dual ducted fan personal vertical takeoff and landing vehicle). AvWeek writes about it in their latest issue: Jetpack Moves a Step Closer to Reality – Aviation Week Here is a new post on the Martin Jetpack blog: Friday, September 6, 2013: Progress … Continue reading Sci-Tech: Martin Jetpack update→
Martin Jetpack of New Zealand has gotten permission there to begin manned flight tests of their dual ducted fan personal vertical takeoff and landing vehicle: Personal jetpack gets Civil Aviation Authority approval – TVNZ – incl. news video Personal jetpack gets flight permit for manned test – AFP/Phys.org The new version of the vehicle has … Continue reading Sci-Tech: Martin Jetpack to begin manned flight tests→
Boeing is sponsoring the GoFly Prize We’re calling on all inventors and doers to make human flight a reality by building the world’s first personal flying device for anyone, anywhere. Over the next two years, teams will compete to win $2,000,000 in prizes, creating revolutionary technology and accessing the top minds in aerospace. (Full announcement is … Continue reading Sci-Tech: Boeing GoFly Prize for personal flying devices + Videos of personal flying devices→
A sampling of recent articles, press releases, etc. related to student and amateur CubeSat / SmallSat projects and programs (find previous smallsat roundups here): ** Univ. Southern California students to build CubeSats in partnership with Lockheed Martin and Momentus. For the La Jument project, students in USC’s SERC (Space Engineering Research Center) nanosatellite program will … Continue reading Student and amateur CubeSat news roundup – Aug.11.2020→