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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/video-martin-jetpack-flies-again-but-you-still-cant-buy-one/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/video-martin-jetpack-flies-again-but-you-still-cant-buy-one/</guid><description><![CDATA[The size of that thing, he might as well strap himself to a Cessna ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[McLovin]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 8th 2009 1:09PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/video-martin-jetpack-flies-again-but-you-still-cant-buy-one/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/video-martin-jetpack-flies-again-but-you-still-cant-buy-one/</guid><description><![CDATA[He, kind of basically is.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Alexander]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 8th 2009 1:15PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/video-martin-jetpack-flies-again-but-you-still-cant-buy-one/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/video-martin-jetpack-flies-again-but-you-still-cant-buy-one/</guid><description><![CDATA[Essentially what I was thinking...They might as well put a seat on it if it's going to be that big.  It's not like he's supporting anything with his back.  He's just "attached" to it there.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[FragShack]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 8th 2009 2:05PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/video-martin-jetpack-flies-again-but-you-still-cant-buy-one/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/video-martin-jetpack-flies-again-but-you-still-cant-buy-one/</guid><description><![CDATA[If the machine twice the size and weight of the person operating it, can it still be call a "pack?"]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[EV-D'OH!]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 8th 2009 3:39PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/video-martin-jetpack-flies-again-but-you-still-cant-buy-one/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/video-martin-jetpack-flies-again-but-you-still-cant-buy-one/</guid><description><![CDATA[You're ignoring the possibility that the pack might weigh 100 times lighter than it looks.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[acb]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 8th 2009 9:35PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/video-martin-jetpack-flies-again-but-you-still-cant-buy-one/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/video-martin-jetpack-flies-again-but-you-still-cant-buy-one/</guid><description><![CDATA[Yeah, only a Cessna is nice enough to give you a fricking seat to sit in, instead of picking you up by the crotch.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Karl]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 9th 2009 7:25AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/video-martin-jetpack-flies-again-but-you-still-cant-buy-one/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/video-martin-jetpack-flies-again-but-you-still-cant-buy-one/</guid><description><![CDATA[That's true, but Cessna's need a runway. These take off, land, and hover vertically.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[K4Lic0]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 11th 2009 12:25AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/video-martin-jetpack-flies-again-but-you-still-cant-buy-one/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/video-martin-jetpack-flies-again-but-you-still-cant-buy-one/</guid><description><![CDATA[I've been seeing and reading about these things for decades.  Why do they all still suck?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Don Corleone]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 8th 2009 1:11PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/video-martin-jetpack-flies-again-but-you-still-cant-buy-one/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/video-martin-jetpack-flies-again-but-you-still-cant-buy-one/</guid><description><![CDATA[...physics]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Skeepax]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 8th 2009 1:13PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/video-martin-jetpack-flies-again-but-you-still-cant-buy-one/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/video-martin-jetpack-flies-again-but-you-still-cant-buy-one/</guid><description><![CDATA[This:<br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMYFW4ExPeo" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMYFW4ExPeo</a><br><br>and (kind of lame) this:<br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EP3JIrJMrrY" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EP3JIrJMrrY</a><br>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[superhobo]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 8th 2009 3:13PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/video-martin-jetpack-flies-again-but-you-still-cant-buy-one/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/video-martin-jetpack-flies-again-but-you-still-cant-buy-one/</guid><description><![CDATA[its very difficult to find a good balance between size and flight-time]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Dan]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 12th 2009 5:03PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/video-martin-jetpack-flies-again-but-you-still-cant-buy-one/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/video-martin-jetpack-flies-again-but-you-still-cant-buy-one/</guid><description><![CDATA[hopefully they will make a successful one in the next 50 years. I WANT TO FLY LIKE A BIRD!! too afraid to try the wingsuit.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 9th 2009 3:28AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/video-martin-jetpack-flies-again-but-you-still-cant-buy-one/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/video-martin-jetpack-flies-again-but-you-still-cant-buy-one/</guid><description><![CDATA[Looks a little like a Strogg Icarus.<br><br>Just let me get tone and hope he doesn't have decoys.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[strider_mt2k]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 8th 2009 1:12PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/video-martin-jetpack-flies-again-but-you-still-cant-buy-one/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/video-martin-jetpack-flies-again-but-you-still-cant-buy-one/</guid><description><![CDATA[Roc... ket... man...]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[ravicai]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 8th 2009 1:13PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/video-martin-jetpack-flies-again-but-you-still-cant-buy-one/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/video-martin-jetpack-flies-again-but-you-still-cant-buy-one/</guid><description><![CDATA[Mr. Tambourine Man...<br><br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9TICB3aKoA" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9TICB3aKoA</a>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Schweppes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 8th 2009 1:14PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/video-martin-jetpack-flies-again-but-you-still-cant-buy-one/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/video-martin-jetpack-flies-again-but-you-still-cant-buy-one/</guid><description><![CDATA[And i think its gonna be a long long time.... ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Indyaner]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 8th 2009 1:16PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/video-martin-jetpack-flies-again-but-you-still-cant-buy-one/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/video-martin-jetpack-flies-again-but-you-still-cant-buy-one/</guid><description><![CDATA[I'll just make one myself... <br><br><a href="http://www.instructables.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.instructables.com/</a><br><br>And if not I'll borrow the $1,000,000 to buy one, then rob a bank or casino with it and then pay for it.. along with some snacks money..<br><br>AHAHAHHA!!!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Schweppes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 8th 2009 1:13PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/video-martin-jetpack-flies-again-but-you-still-cant-buy-one/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/video-martin-jetpack-flies-again-but-you-still-cant-buy-one/</guid><description><![CDATA[SNACKS ON SNACKS]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[UFAnders]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 8th 2009 4:06PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/video-martin-jetpack-flies-again-but-you-still-cant-buy-one/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/video-martin-jetpack-flies-again-but-you-still-cant-buy-one/</guid><description><![CDATA[That is simply the coolest thing ever created. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[SK]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 8th 2009 1:13PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/video-martin-jetpack-flies-again-but-you-still-cant-buy-one/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/video-martin-jetpack-flies-again-but-you-still-cant-buy-one/</guid><description><![CDATA[I'll buy one when it's smaller. Like the ones in GTA SA   :D]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[H4X21]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 8th 2009 1:14PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/video-martin-jetpack-flies-again-but-you-still-cant-buy-one/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/video-martin-jetpack-flies-again-but-you-still-cant-buy-one/</guid><description><![CDATA[I hate to shatter your rocket powered fantasies but this is not rocket powered, it is a V4 radial engine driving a pair of ducted fans. Martin Aerospace has the technical details here <a href="http://martinjetpack.com/technical-information.aspx" rel="nofollow">http://martinjetpack.com/technical-information.aspx</a>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[James Kellerman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 8th 2009 1:15PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/video-martin-jetpack-flies-again-but-you-still-cant-buy-one/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/video-martin-jetpack-flies-again-but-you-still-cant-buy-one/</guid><description><![CDATA[Yes, decidedly not a rocket- or jet-pack.  As impressive as it is, it's desperately waiting to make its first crater.  The ballistic parachute system that I looked up on the web (part of the Sting aircraft) has a 400 foot minimum deployment height.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[JB US]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 8th 2009 2:08PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/video-martin-jetpack-flies-again-but-you-still-cant-buy-one/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/video-martin-jetpack-flies-again-but-you-still-cant-buy-one/</guid><description><![CDATA[They just seem a bit futile, i'm sure their only possibly use would be military related. seems a bit daft, cool, but daft]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[GingerFox]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 8th 2009 1:19PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/video-martin-jetpack-flies-again-but-you-still-cant-buy-one/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/video-martin-jetpack-flies-again-but-you-still-cant-buy-one/</guid><description><![CDATA[General asks: Who wants a jet pack? The one guy that didn't think it through would say yes.<br><br>The rest would hear it as: Who wants to be a floating target?<br><br>Give it some time though, I can't wait to see smaller versions in action.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Templarian]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 8th 2009 1:52PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/video-martin-jetpack-flies-again-but-you-still-cant-buy-one/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/video-martin-jetpack-flies-again-but-you-still-cant-buy-one/</guid><description><![CDATA[I wonder if it has a built in parachute for when something goes wrong.<br><br>Having your car break down is inconvenient....having your jetpack break down at 8,000 feet can really screw up your morning though.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gipionocheiyort]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 8th 2009 1:23PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/video-martin-jetpack-flies-again-but-you-still-cant-buy-one/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/video-martin-jetpack-flies-again-but-you-still-cant-buy-one/</guid><description><![CDATA[I would imagine they would have a built-in emergency parachute much like hang-gliders do. Of course, those chutes don't do much good below 200 feet or so.<br>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Harkonian]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 8th 2009 2:40PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/video-martin-jetpack-flies-again-but-you-still-cant-buy-one/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/video-martin-jetpack-flies-again-but-you-still-cant-buy-one/</guid><description><![CDATA[Imagine having your pack fail at 8000 feet, only to have your emergency chute deploy and land you softly right in the middle of the interstate where you get smacked by a semi...]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Interpol]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 8th 2009 4:24PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/video-martin-jetpack-flies-again-but-you-still-cant-buy-one/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/video-martin-jetpack-flies-again-but-you-still-cant-buy-one/</guid><description><![CDATA[Turns out it has one.<br><br>"What happens if the engine stops?<br><br>The Martin Jetpack is equipped with a 'Ballistic Parachute'. If something untoward happens the pilot pulls a toggle and a small propellant (similar to one used in a car airbag) is fired rapidly deploying a parachute. The pilot, Jetpack and parachute descend as one.  The use of  'ballistic parachutes' is now quite common in general aviation. For example, they are standard equipment on the Cirrus series of single engine aircraft. "<br><br><a href="http://www.martinjetpack.com/faqs.aspx" rel="nofollow">http://www.martinjetpack.com/faqs.aspx</a>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gipionocheiyort]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 8th 2009 4:33PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/video-martin-jetpack-flies-again-but-you-still-cant-buy-one/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/video-martin-jetpack-flies-again-but-you-still-cant-buy-one/</guid><description><![CDATA[They haven't crashed yet, so statistically it's still the safest way to travel.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[monsterbikeroot]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 10th 2009 4:34PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/video-martin-jetpack-flies-again-but-you-still-cant-buy-one/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/video-martin-jetpack-flies-again-but-you-still-cant-buy-one/</guid><description><![CDATA[Great! Now show us how it works outside so we're not limited to jetpacking in the 10'x20' garage of our homes.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Matthew]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 8th 2009 1:25PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/video-martin-jetpack-flies-again-but-you-still-cant-buy-one/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/video-martin-jetpack-flies-again-but-you-still-cant-buy-one/</guid><description><![CDATA[In the future, school kids will laugh at this photo in their history books and then blast off to recess in their iron man suits.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Promo]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 8th 2009 1:27PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/video-martin-jetpack-flies-again-but-you-still-cant-buy-one/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/video-martin-jetpack-flies-again-but-you-still-cant-buy-one/</guid><description><![CDATA[Wait for fusion, before you make a prognosis like this.   The way things are going, our children are going to be sucking thumbs into their 80's while cursing us for being the douches that we are.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Pretol]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 8th 2009 2:29PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/video-martin-jetpack-flies-again-but-you-still-cant-buy-one/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/video-martin-jetpack-flies-again-but-you-still-cant-buy-one/</guid><description><![CDATA[Not fusion, arc reactors.<br><br>They can even be built in caves.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[superhobo]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 8th 2009 3:17PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/video-martin-jetpack-flies-again-but-you-still-cant-buy-one/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/video-martin-jetpack-flies-again-but-you-still-cant-buy-one/</guid><description><![CDATA[I'm just relieved to see that he's wearing a helmet, I mean, I wouldn't want my head squished with the rest of my body when that things falls out of the sky.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[T-Will]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 8th 2009 1:28PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/video-martin-jetpack-flies-again-but-you-still-cant-buy-one/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/video-martin-jetpack-flies-again-but-you-still-cant-buy-one/</guid><description><![CDATA[If that thing falls out of the sky, the helmet is going to be wearing him for protection...]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Oscarv77]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 8th 2009 2:44PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/video-martin-jetpack-flies-again-but-you-still-cant-buy-one/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/video-martin-jetpack-flies-again-but-you-still-cant-buy-one/</guid><description><![CDATA[You guys should get an Iphone, they have an app for this.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[alexster404]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 8th 2009 2:40PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/video-martin-jetpack-flies-again-but-you-still-cant-buy-one/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/video-martin-jetpack-flies-again-but-you-still-cant-buy-one/</guid><description><![CDATA[Engadget's recession antidote coming very soon.... Pray People... for it..]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Dking]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 8th 2009 1:29PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/video-martin-jetpack-flies-again-but-you-still-cant-buy-one/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/video-martin-jetpack-flies-again-but-you-still-cant-buy-one/</guid><description><![CDATA[Check out the little LCD I wonder what it displays? Gas, rpm etc... thats VERY COOL.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sergio]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 8th 2009 1:32PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/video-martin-jetpack-flies-again-but-you-still-cant-buy-one/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/video-martin-jetpack-flies-again-but-you-still-cant-buy-one/</guid><description><![CDATA[Ya that look like as much fun as riding a bike without a seat.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[ssoltero]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 8th 2009 1:33PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/video-martin-jetpack-flies-again-but-you-still-cant-buy-one/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/video-martin-jetpack-flies-again-but-you-still-cant-buy-one/</guid><description><![CDATA[Are you saying girls will enjoy it more?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Malaycobra]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 8th 2009 1:40PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/video-martin-jetpack-flies-again-but-you-still-cant-buy-one/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/video-martin-jetpack-flies-again-but-you-still-cant-buy-one/</guid><description><![CDATA[just had visions of successful business men flying to work, and parking their jetpacks in much smaller parking stalls than those we have today. <br><br>huh.<br><br>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Nick J]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 8th 2009 1:33PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/video-martin-jetpack-flies-again-but-you-still-cant-buy-one/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/video-martin-jetpack-flies-again-but-you-still-cant-buy-one/</guid><description><![CDATA[yeah. right next to their office... on the 42nd floor of their office building.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Market Data]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 8th 2009 1:42PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/video-martin-jetpack-flies-again-but-you-still-cant-buy-one/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/video-martin-jetpack-flies-again-but-you-still-cant-buy-one/</guid><description><![CDATA[No thanks - I'd probably get shot down on the flight into downtown Philly.<br><br>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[alexhrose71]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 8th 2009 2:21PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/video-martin-jetpack-flies-again-but-you-still-cant-buy-one/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/video-martin-jetpack-flies-again-but-you-still-cant-buy-one/</guid><description><![CDATA[If these catch on, it's going to be LOUD outside.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[blomster]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 8th 2009 1:37PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/video-martin-jetpack-flies-again-but-you-still-cant-buy-one/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/video-martin-jetpack-flies-again-but-you-still-cant-buy-one/</guid><description><![CDATA[It's already loud outside... and bright... and....... pollen-y.<br><br>/me runs to hide in basement.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Farris]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 8th 2009 9:03PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/video-martin-jetpack-flies-again-but-you-still-cant-buy-one/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/video-martin-jetpack-flies-again-but-you-still-cant-buy-one/</guid><description><![CDATA[Although this and various other personal flying devices have never made too much sense to me ( sort of like the Segway ). I have to hand it to these guys they have managed to do something 99% of their competition failed to do and that's controlled untethered flight  .... Now if  it can actually fly out of ground effect or how it would deal with engine out scenarios (other then dropping like a brick and killing the pilot) since it cant Autorotate or effectively use a Ballistic parachute system at lower altitudes. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[alex]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 8th 2009 1:53PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/video-martin-jetpack-flies-again-but-you-still-cant-buy-one/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/video-martin-jetpack-flies-again-but-you-still-cant-buy-one/</guid><description><![CDATA[good point about ground-effect<br><br><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ground_effect_in_aircraft#Wing_in_ground_effect_with_helicopters" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ground_effect_in_aircraft#Wing_in_ground_effect_with_helicopters</a><br><br>I wonder if this thing produces enough lift to go above that.  I somewhat doubt it.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[astute]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 8th 2009 9:43PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/video-martin-jetpack-flies-again-but-you-still-cant-buy-one/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/video-martin-jetpack-flies-again-but-you-still-cant-buy-one/</guid><description><![CDATA[8000ft, ha, no thanks. Unless there was a chute. cuz 31.5 miles ain't that far. Hopefully thats the conservative number. Or else your could only count on 20. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Carl]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 8th 2009 1:54PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/video-martin-jetpack-flies-again-but-you-still-cant-buy-one/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/video-martin-jetpack-flies-again-but-you-still-cant-buy-one/</guid><description><![CDATA["90 seconds fly-time, 30 minutes charge-time"]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Bad Beaver]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 8th 2009 1:54PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/video-martin-jetpack-flies-again-but-you-still-cant-buy-one/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/08/video-martin-jetpack-flies-again-but-you-still-cant-buy-one/</guid><description><![CDATA[And here I thought motorcycles were dangerous...]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[CaramelZappa]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 8th 2009 1:56PM</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
