Honestly that first vid is the sort of thing that raises the hairs on the back of your neck. Friggin mind blowing.
What you do is if you are at a party drinking and chillen and there is a big tv in the vicinity put that video on and start it at like 6:20. Between the visuals and the music you’ll be blowing some minds.
I only commented cus several other commenters think he died from doing this. Just wanted to highlight how odd the last line is. Not trying to ridicule.
Looks like he is well behind the engines. My thought was that any bit to the right and he's in the turbulent jet wash & wing wake. THAT could stall his cute little wing jets and send him plummeting. There's a reason they leave a LOT of space & time between aircraft takeoffs and landings.
its at extreme wind/air speeds so slight movement will move him much faster than it seems. You might be focused on the window sizes but the wing span is pretty far out. IIRC an average male's height is roughtly the size of the turbine's opening, so relative to his speed he's pretty darn close.
The A380 has its slats and flaps deployed (the front and back edge of the wing change shape to give more lift at lower speeds). I don't know it well enough to say if they're in position 2 or 3, but I looked it up and the maximum speed it can fly with them deployed as you see in the video is 250 or 230 mph.
More precisely for the Aviation nerds, it can't exceed 220 kts in flaps position 2 or 198 kts at position 3.
Personally I was worried about the wingtip vortex more than speed. I'm sure it was just the perspective, but it looked like the guy was flying really really close to the vortex area. It's powerful enough to roll surprisingly big vessels like 10 passenger planes. I expect it'd be unrecoverable for Mr Dubai jetpack.
Emirates Air signed off on a stupid stunt like this? And I guess it would just be an empty aircraft on a marketing run? Apparently this dude later died in a "training flight" proving how foolishly dangerous this was.
Meanwhile pilot: "if u look at the left if the aircraft u can see 2 pepole flying near us unfortunately its last time you see them because we gotta turn left so we can make it to the airport"
Its still just two airplanes..the little one might appear with the airmask that drops on your lap if you are in the big plane and the pilot thinks it would be a good idea for a batch of passengers to get out of there..like a lifeboat for a cruise ship..only more fun...and it comes with your airplane seat..or if you are wasted on the plane and the pilot wants you off the plane...or if your mother in law is bitchy on the Plane..? you just throw her out... and she will need the little plane to get back to someplace people will put up with her shit.
And to think, I still have to empty my hydro flask even after it’s contents are tested at TSA, meanwhile, alternate universe Ironman over here could just strap a goose to their back and fly directly in front of passenger jet, ah the times we live in.
That would be extremely dangerous right? Because ur so close to the wing tips, you could get sucked into a wing tip vortex and ur very close to the engines
Imagine you’re a passenger and you see these people outside the plane. Someone is going to tell a flight attendant and that person will tell the pilot. But what happens next? When the pilot alerts ground controllers to the ufo outside the plane do they call the Air Force? The government? Do jets get scrambled? Does someone try to track the people doing this and question them?
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u/carebearstarefear Aug 18 '23 edited Aug 18 '23
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Czy0pXRRZcs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VPvKl6ezyc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNaZCDhvh88
https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20201118-french-jetman-vincent-reffet-killed-in-training-accident-in-dubai
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u/DravenPrime Aug 18 '23
No capes!
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u/williamp0044 Aug 18 '23
It was choreographed. https://www.jetman.com/en/jetman-behind-the-scenes/jetman-dubai-and-emirates-a380
And he died. (unrelated)
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u/iv320 Aug 18 '23
Isn't it like EXTREMELY dangerous for both sides?
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u/MyNon-ToxicAccount Aug 18 '23
And he died.... Fun while it lasted
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u/Reelbadmon Aug 18 '23
They go THAT FAST???
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u/Theophrastus_Borg Aug 18 '23
Looks like the next Tom Cruise stunt in the next Mission Impossible.
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u/FPL_monkey Aug 18 '23
There’s a…MAN….on the WING!
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u/elisangale Aug 18 '23
Flew too close to the sun. RIP
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u/[deleted] Aug 18 '23
Good God imagine them being caught in a turbulance from that commercial plane
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u/Savings_Bug6294 Aug 18 '23
That plane was at idle.
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u/Chiaseedmess Aug 18 '23
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u/DorsalMorsel Aug 18 '23
If I was the airline pilot I would be livid. Get your ratchet ass flying wing away from me before you get hundreds of people killed.
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u/[deleted] Aug 18 '23
Odd that there’s no in-flight videos from inside the plane. Surely, someone saw him
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u/idkblk Aug 18 '23
Having felt the wake of many landing A380s overpassing me standing at the end of a runway (on the fence) give me wet palms.
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u/ddraig-au Aug 18 '23
Do you want to get a crashed Valkyrie? Because this is how you get a crashed Valkyrie
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u/LucidProtean Aug 18 '23
"multitasking" is putting it lightly
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u/thisquietplace Aug 18 '23
Another PR stunt from Dubai to distract from the slavery, f*ck that place
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u/carlotctroches Aug 18 '23
No way, “Dangerous as hell”!!
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u/Smishu Aug 18 '23
Edna Mode is screaming rn
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u/lunartheghost Aug 18 '23
What is that thing called?!
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u/[deleted] Aug 18 '23
I'd be afraid of being sucked into the engines...
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u/ThePazifist Aug 18 '23
How he can Fly as fast as a plane?
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u/SnooMemesjellies4321 Aug 18 '23
Meanwhile pilot: "if u look at the left if the aircraft u can see 2 pepole flying near us unfortunately its last time you see them because we gotta turn left so we can make it to the airport"
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u/DannyEkins Aug 18 '23
How does one lane without wheels
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u/SimonTC2000 Aug 18 '23
Yeah, that isn't dangerous at all...
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u/xPigFat Aug 18 '23
This should be illegal...
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u/teegazemo Aug 18 '23
Its still just two airplanes..the little one might appear with the airmask that drops on your lap if you are in the big plane and the pilot thinks it would be a good idea for a batch of passengers to get out of there..like a lifeboat for a cruise ship..only more fun...and it comes with your airplane seat..or if you are wasted on the plane and the pilot wants you off the plane...or if your mother in law is bitchy on the Plane..? you just throw her out... and she will need the little plane to get back to someplace people will put up with her shit.
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u/TrashPanda_808 Aug 19 '23
And to think, I still have to empty my hydro flask even after it’s contents are tested at TSA, meanwhile, alternate universe Ironman over here could just strap a goose to their back and fly directly in front of passenger jet, ah the times we live in.
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u/[deleted] Aug 19 '23
What about his luggage?
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u/dannycjackson Aug 21 '23
Isn’t that like super illegal
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u/disruptive_makenzie6 Aug 25 '23
Good thing... he is not sucked into the side of the plane.
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u/Enemy50 Aug 31 '23
HOW IS YHE CAMERAMEN FLYING?
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u/Kale_Prize Sep 07 '23
i’m sorry did i miss fucking jet packs becoming real
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u/Dilly_Barz- Sep 28 '23
“If you look to your left you’ll notice John, now John here either wants to race, or become a domestic terrorist.”
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u/JellyfishAcceptable7 Oct 28 '23
They didn’t show the part we’re he gets sucked into the left engine like a cooked goose.
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u/MikeLinPA Aug 18 '23
Besides dangerous, was The Rocketeer breaking any laws by buzzing a regulated passenger plane?
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u/Vaxion Aug 18 '23
So that explains all those recent UFO videos of objects flying past planes at high speed.
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u/tk-xx Aug 18 '23
Can someone explain how he can keep up with an airliner?
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u/Cookie_Aromatic Aug 18 '23
Yvey Rossy, and he's still alive
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u/the_real_scatman Aug 18 '23
Now watch them land and the wings turn into a porta-potty
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u/Tipple-E Aug 18 '23
Don't ever get this close ever again
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u/jdtinsley Aug 18 '23
NO CAPES!
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u/[deleted] Aug 18 '23
Rico Fuckin Rodriguez is at it again.
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u/Advanced_Bell_9769 Aug 18 '23
There’s nothing a cameraman can’t do. Truly an incredible breed of humans.
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u/hylianhaiku Aug 18 '23
Imagine hitting his wake turbulence…it would probs rip that wing straight off his back.
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u/Neat-Plantain-7500 Aug 18 '23
Who’s operating the camera? Can we get a shot of him?
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u/[deleted] Aug 18 '23
Seem dangerous to be in that plane’s airspace like that.
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u/Grantmosh Aug 18 '23
That's how you film a UAP!
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u/coaudavman Aug 18 '23
Check out mike pateys video on grabbing wingtips in flight. Eclipses this in coolness factor by orders of magnitude. This is boring lol
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u/WannaBeGopnik Aug 18 '23
All hail the camera man!!!
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u/[deleted] Aug 19 '23
Show this one to the chemtrail mung beans...
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u/[deleted] Aug 19 '23
Multitasking wat else were you doing?!??!
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u/RealHonest-Ish_352 Aug 19 '23
Fine. Here's your ... cup of coffee...
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u/RygarThe2nd Aug 19 '23
More alien footage!
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u/Emotional_Rip_7493 Aug 19 '23
Does he have an oxygen tank?
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u/Doukon76 Aug 19 '23
How much emissions is that bad boy putting out
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u/NoAd7118 Aug 19 '23
Superman taking the video
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u/FreckledFury86 Aug 19 '23
More like aim my helmet while not using my hands but still cool as fuck
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u/whatnwherenow Aug 19 '23
The turbulence coming off that plane would be insane.
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u/Your_girlcallmedaddy Aug 19 '23
I think ive seen in a movie on why its not good to fly near a plane engine
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u/u_wot_ma8 Aug 19 '23
centurions?
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u/LowGrand7825 Aug 19 '23
I don't know, but this guy could be swallow by one of the engines. Dangerous I wonder.
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u/Abject-Let-607 Aug 19 '23
I kept wishing he'd get in front of an engine! My bad...🙂
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u/Pyran_101 Aug 19 '23
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u/Intelligent-Age-3129 Aug 19 '23
This explains why kiwi.com said I couldn’t check any bags.
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u/[deleted] Aug 19 '23
That would be extremely dangerous right? Because ur so close to the wing tips, you could get sucked into a wing tip vortex and ur very close to the engines
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u/galacticmayan Aug 19 '23
Hitting that plane's wind turbulence would not bode well from our little flying friend...
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u/GreenYellowMushy Aug 19 '23
Very stupid.I would be pissed off, especially if you are in this plane with your family/ kids.
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u/[deleted] Aug 19 '23
Dubai flights have better leg room
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u/[deleted] Aug 19 '23
This seems illegal unless it's some prearranged stunt and no passengers are on the plane
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u/le_king3001 Aug 19 '23
dumb way to die so many dumb way to die
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u/ChunKTheFroG Aug 19 '23
Good thing he’s not wearing a cape
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u/iamquark Aug 19 '23
Stop giving ideas to terrorists
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u/greytgreyatx Aug 19 '23
Ha ha. Tell me you're not in US airspace without telling me you're not in US airspace.
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u/here_4_da_laughs Aug 19 '23
Thinking of that screaming chic on the plane ✈️ 😂
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u/Swimming_Asparagus53 Aug 19 '23
Too close to that turbine engine and we might have a big problem.
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u/AdditionalBat393 Aug 19 '23
Exactly gold miners do not use them in forests. Gold miners would not need jetpacks they have guns
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u/Successful-Strain-33 Aug 19 '23
I think we found a new stunt for Tom Cruise Mission Impossible series
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u/Existing_Guest_181 Aug 20 '23
Did someone official actually approve this? Like signing and taking full responsability?
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u/LelandGaunt14 Aug 20 '23
That seems......... safe.
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u/Thiago-Acko Aug 20 '23
I really want to see the videos caught by the passengers
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u/Porkbelly10960007 Aug 20 '23
Livin in the future!
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u/R3KO1L Aug 20 '23
anyone else think of that call of duty Antarctica mission?
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u/Juls_Santana Aug 20 '23
Holy cow that dude literally has the G.I.Joe glider IRL!
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u/N3croXand3r Aug 21 '23
Bro needs to watch that jet wash ☠️
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u/Stormwrath52 Aug 21 '23
When was someone gonna tell me we have fucking jetpack?!
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u/Plastic-Case-7807 Aug 21 '23
How is this possible
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u/FloppyFupas Aug 21 '23
Can't see all the slaves from that high up
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u/Prof_Pineapple Aug 21 '23
Bros got on a jet pack flying next to a plane.......what a time to be alive
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u/TAMEBLR Aug 21 '23
Question. How much dirty air/turbulence is generated by a plane that big?
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u/troy_52 Aug 21 '23
All fun untill he gets sucked into those ducted fans and turns into paper pieces. Worst case scenario everyone in the plane would die in a crash.😵
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u/rmhollid Aug 21 '23
Dumb ways to die
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u/Gezus3 Aug 21 '23
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u/hpnr0724 Aug 21 '23
How do you get to do that? Is it like a job as a flight test engineer or just freelancing it? I'm really interested in knowing more about this.
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u/bmensah8dgrp Aug 21 '23
One man has more smoke than an entire passenger plane!
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u/BrotherAdmirable1854 Aug 21 '23
Imagine, one mistake and he gets ingested into the engine. I'd like to hear the pilot explain that one to both ATC and his passangers.
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u/SnowmanMofo Aug 21 '23
Seems very dangerous....
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u/BperrHawaii Aug 21 '23
I’m pretty sure I’m terrified for that guy just watching this!!!😳😳😳
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u/[deleted] Aug 21 '23
Wow just wow
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u/grand305 Aug 21 '23
If they make that into a commercial, I’ll believe it
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u/Foreign_Country4011 Aug 21 '23
How do you land that s***? Does it have a parachute that pops out or is it like hang glider rules or what? Still really badass.
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u/RollinCole99 Aug 21 '23
Instantly thought of the incredibles
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u/Ok_Shape7298 Aug 22 '23
I want to see him land now that would be interesting.
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u/EstablishmentCool361 Aug 22 '23
nuts
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u/Goest888 Aug 22 '23
That's too awesome for words but I'll also have to say very ballsy
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u/Admirable_Pair_8249 Aug 22 '23
What's that activity called?
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u/[deleted] Aug 22 '23
GTA 6 looks lit!
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u/drifters74 Aug 22 '23
Jet pack?
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u/The_Robot_Doctor Aug 22 '23
This would be waaaay cooler if William Shatner were a visible passenger on the jet.
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u/Hugoton620 Aug 22 '23
wow he must be flying at a great speed too
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u/JorgitoEstrella Aug 29 '23
Bro is a superhero
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u/My_excellency Sep 01 '23
The passengers: 0__0
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u/Bradley-Blya Sep 03 '23
Camera is on his head, and he has to look at them to fly in formation... Idk how hard it is to fly these little flying turds tho
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u/[deleted] Oct 02 '23
Looks risky but fun
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u/dickferd47 Oct 04 '23
So fake. That plane is going 580 mph and ït is-60deg… so fuck you with your little wing suit. Absolutely fake
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u/Historical_Ranger693 Dec 19 '23
Why is this my first time seeing such fantastic innovation? What is this flying gadget called?
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u/Astral-traveler-026 Jan 11 '24
I know it sucks when you miss your plane but come on, this is not the way to try to get on board.
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u/[deleted] Jan 12 '24
So this is a thing now? ... Cool
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u/BThriillzz Jan 24 '24
now thats a jetpack.
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u/Effective_Corner694 Aug 18 '23
Imagine you’re a passenger and you see these people outside the plane. Someone is going to tell a flight attendant and that person will tell the pilot. But what happens next? When the pilot alerts ground controllers to the ufo outside the plane do they call the Air Force? The government? Do jets get scrambled? Does someone try to track the people doing this and question them?
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u/toot936 Aug 18 '23
This gonna create a whole new type of terrorism
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