Jetpack pilot in approach path to Los Angeles airport

01 September, 2020

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Geoffrey Thomas

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Geoffrey Thomas

01 September, 2020

An American Airlines pilot has reported seeing a person in a jetpack flying in the path of incoming jets to Los Angeles International Airport last Sunday evening. According to FOX News "an American Airlines pilot reported via radio to the control tower seeing a "guy in a jetpack" as he was approaching LAX at about 3,000 feet and ten miles out for a landing." SEE the video here and the ATC conversation. SUBSCRIBE to read the Back Story to get the real story.

Fox says that "efforts to find out more from the pilot went nowhere, and representatives from American Airlines told FOX 11 to contact the FAA. The FAA told us they turned the report over to the LAPD for investigation, possibly trying to locate the person via a helicopter or ground patrol. The LAPD tells FOX 11 they received no such report from the FAA."

The American Airlines pilot estimated the jetpack was only about 300 yards out of his window.

The incident is similar to Larry Walters's stunt of the 1982 where he made a 45-minute flight sitting in a patio chair and 45 helium-filled weather balloons.

The chair rose to an altitude of over 15,000 feet (4,600 m) and floated all the way from San Pedro, California into airspace near Los Angeles airport.

During the landing, the chair became entangled in power lines, but he was able to safely climb down.The flight inspired a movie and many imitators and won Walters a Darwin Award in 1993.

Below are two men in jetpacks flying beside an Emirates A380 over Dubai.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VPvKl6ezyc

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