As a child, Sean Ray had a recurring dream in which he floated through the sky—no sound, no pressure, no gravity. Just soaring above the Earth. Euphoric. So, the first time he strapped on a jet pack ...

The dream of personal flight took a great leap forward last week as Jetpack Aviation unveiled its JB-9 jetpack in spectacular fashion. Lifting off from a boat, inventor and aviator David Mayman flew ...

Jetpack technology is getting better, and maybe someday, jetpacks will be available for your everyday commute. But what if, ...

Jetpack Aviation's David Mayman and Nelson Tyler have already brought honest-to-god jetpacks out of the pages of science fiction books and onto the market. Now, they plan to do the same with flying ...

Engineers in England say they’ve developed a jetpack so simple that anyone can safely fly it with minimal training. Maverick Aviation says the jetpack can travel up to 30mph, according to a statement ...

The Martin Aircraft Company's Jetpack has received approval from New Zealand's Civil Aviation Authority to begin manned flight-testing. The Jetpack, powered by a 200 hp engine using regular auto fuel, ...

I pull the trigger and lock my arms straight against the hot thrust. But the jets strapped to my arms are pulling out. “Just lean on the system,” said Gravity Industries’ Richard Browning as I strap ...

Chris Drumm is a lifelong gamer with a BA in English writing and years of experience writing articles and news online. He's played hundreds of games in dozens of genres, enjoyed them all, and put more ...

Former CNET editor Dong Ngo has been involved with technology since 2000, starting with testing gadgets and writing code for CNET Labs' benchmarks. He managed CNET's San Francisco Labs, reviews 3D ...

A person was spotted soaring high above Southern California using a jetpack. Again. On Wednesday, for the second time in six weeks, an unidentified person was seen flying using a jetpack near Los ...

Simply sign up to the Aerospace & Defence myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Peter Coker spent his early career flying fighter jets for the Royal Air Force. Now the 60-year-old is close ...