Jetpack Dreams
Jetpack Dreams: One Man's Up and Down (But Mostly Down) Search for the Greatest Invention That Never Was Mac Montandon,
Publisher: Da Capo Press
ISBN: 0306815281
DDC: 629.1333
Edition: Hardcover; 2008-10-27
Summary:
A hilarious pop-socio-cultural history of the greatest invention that
never was, the jetpack, and a participatory journey through the
bizarre subculture of jetpack enthusiasts in search of a working
model. Jetpack dreams chronicles the colorful pop history and science
of jetpacks, from the first flimsy, shoulder-mounted wings to Bill
Suitor's 1984 Olympic flight; from a gruesome jetpack-driven murder
in Houston in the mid-1990s to the secret laboratories and government
facilities of today. Journalist Mac Montandon also explores
Hollywood's fascination with the subject, from the Jetsons and Sky
Captain and the World of Tomorrow to the cultural jetpack phenomenon
represented by Buck Rogers, James Bond, and Boba Fett. He travels the
world to meet jetpack enthusiasts, who are readying their own
personal flying machines for takeoff. Ultimately, it's the search for
an answer to one simple question: Where is the jetpack that was
promised to him, and to all of us, years ago? And if it's out there,
can he catch a ride?
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