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JetPack Aviation

JetPack Aviation

Company founded in 2015, based in Van Nuys, California, that designs and manufactures jetpack transportation vehicles for personal, rapid, short distance transportation.

Jetpack Aviation is building a personal vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) solution. Their JetPack is turbine powered and received FAA approval for a public flight. In 2015, Founder and Test Pilot, David Mayman flew thier JB-9 jetpack around the statue of liberty.As of 2018, Mayman was flying an upgraded six-engine JB-11 for public appearances. These transportation vehicles reach 150 mph and 18,000-foot altitude.

Jetpack Aviation is targeting thier VTOL systems to multiple industries, including commercial, entertainment, and government agencies as well as private clients seeking custom and/or discrete services.Jetpack Aviation has identified market opportunities for military, first responders, commuters and recreational use.

Jetpack Aviation has conducted demonstration flights for the US military and a CRADA (Cooperative Research and Development Agreement) by USSOCOM (U.S. Special Operations Command) gives the company access to the US military's engineers, experts, and facilities to further R&D work. The CRADA agreement also creates future opportunities to sell their JetPacks directly to the US armed services.

Before selling the product, Jetpack Aviation is working on a fool-proof safety system. The public can learn to fly the JB-10 jetpack with FAA certified jetpack instructor and qualified pilot Boris Jarry, in the training facility for $4950. Mayman says that the movement is intuitive describing it like using a Segway in the sky.

Timeline

November 13, 2019
JetPack Aviation raises a $2,000,000 seed round.
September 1, 2016
JetPack Aviation was founded by David Mayman.

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JetPack Aviation Opens World's First JetPack Experience Center.

World's only JetPack flies in New York

News

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By Bernd Debusmann Jr
July 4, 2021
BBC News
Members of the public can now pay to fly through the air like a superhero.
By Michael Thomsen For Dailymail.com
November 13, 2019
Mail Online
Today, a tech startup announced it has secured $2 million in funding to develop a prototype for a flying motorcycle, which will have a top speed of 400 MPH and max height of 15,000 feet.
Darrell Etherington
November 13, 2019
TechCrunch
Flying cars are fine - but why use a car when you can have a motorcycle instead? YC-backed startup JetPack Aviation wants to answer that question with the world's first flying motorcycle, a personal aircraft dubbed 'The Speeder,' a name that Star Wars fans will surely appreciate. Now, JetPack has raised a seed round of [...]
Lucas Matney
March 7, 2019
TechCrunch
David Mayman has a vision for personal aviation that he's spent the past dozen years and millions of his personal fortune chasing. He hasn't accepted the convention that jetpacks were just a misguided fantasy for the future; his company, Jetpack Aviation, has been building them and he's been zoomin...

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