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Conrad Teves
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Joined: 28 January 2014
Location: United States
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Posted: 25 October 2020 at 9:07am | IP Logged | 1 post reply
I suppose this was inevitable.  The Royal Navy and Marines experimenting with those Jet flying suits to board ships.

Link (minute and a half video)

I wonder if the US Navy and Marines are experimenting with this?  We must not allow a Jet-Pack Gap!
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Trevor Smith
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Joined: 21 September 2006
Location: Canada
Posts: 3520
Posted: 25 October 2020 at 9:41am | IP Logged | 2 post reply
Figures. Flying cars? No way. Flying shock troops?
Of course!
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Joe Zhang
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Joined: 16 April 2004
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Posted: 25 October 2020 at 5:20pm | IP Logged | 3 post reply
All I'm thinking is "exploding duck shoot". 

Edited by Joe Zhang on 25 October 2020 at 5:21pm
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James Woodcock
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Joined: 21 September 2007
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Posted: 26 October 2020 at 12:38am | IP Logged | 4 post reply
No way do I want flying cars.

People can barely drive the things on the ground, give them three
dimensions to be aware off & that will be that.

Sometimes I think that is a conscious factor in the lack of development
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John Byrne

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Joined: 11 May 2005
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Posted: 26 October 2020 at 6:46am | IP Logged | 5 post reply
Flying cars would likely lead to something like we saw in BACK TO THE FUTURE II, with everything airborne, but still restricted to lanes and off-ramps.
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Bill Collins
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Posted: 26 October 2020 at 7:37am | IP Logged | 6 post reply
With sealed windows? People can't help but chuck their
shit out now, never mind when it may land on a person.
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Eric Sofer
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Joined: 31 January 2014
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Posted: 26 October 2020 at 10:25am | IP Logged | 7 post reply
This sounds to me a bit like the animated part of The Rocketeer. Which scared me plenty enough, thank you for asking.
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