[ExI] Jet suit paramedic tested

[Darin Sunley]

It took some digging to find out, but they're about $450,000 to purchase,
and have a maximum flight time of about 10 minutes. Their test pilot took
one of the things up to 12,000 feet one time, but that's not really their
intended use.

Also, they're apparently harder to fly than they look, but the company
provides training and vetting before they allow you to purchase anyways.

On Tue, Sep 29, 2020 at 9:29 AM BillK via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

> Jet suit paramedic tested in the Lake District 'could save lives'
>
> <https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-54331994>
>
> Quote:
> A jet suit for paramedics which would see patients reached in minutes
> by a "flying" medic has been tested by the Great North Air Ambulance
> Service.
> Andy Mawson, director of operations at GNAAS, came up with the idea
> and described seeing it as "awesome".
> He said it meant a paramedic could "fly" to a fell top in 90 seconds
> rather than taking 30 minutes on foot.
> ------------------
> There is video of the test flight.  Impressive!
>
> BillK
> _______________________________________________
> extropy-chat mailing list
> extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org
> http://lists.extropy.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/extropy-chat
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.extropy.org/pipermail/extropy-chat/attachments/20200929/60c7c547/attachment.htm>