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Conrad Teves
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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.

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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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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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Posted: 25 October 2020 at 5:20pm \| IP Logged \| 3	post reply

All I'm thinking is "exploding duck shoot".

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James Woodcock
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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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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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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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