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October 20, 2020

LAX Sightings Are Likely Not Real Jetpacks

Recent incidents where airline pilots arriving at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) claim to have spotted a “jetpack” are probably not actual individuals flying under the power of small jet engines attached to their bodies, according to JetPack Aviation founder David Mayman. The widely reported incidents occurred on August 30 and October 14. The former involved American Airlines and SkyWest Airlines flights at 3,000 feet, and the latter incident was reported by a China Airlines crew who claimed they saw a person flying a jetpack at 6,000 feet 6 nm northwest of LAX.

The original jetpack is a hydrogen peroxide-powered device with a maximum endurance of about 30 seconds, hardly capable of a flight that would last long enough to climb to altitude and allow the pilot to wave to passing airliners. Bell designed one such device called the Rocketbelt in 1960. And while Williams International’s WR19 turbofan powered the X-Jet flying platform, there is no chance someone dug that up for a joyride around Los Angeles.

Mayman speculated that it may have been a homemade drone carrying a lightweight dummy. But these incidents had nothing to do with JetPack Aviation, which currently has five units at its Chatsworth, California headquarters under lock and key. And Mayman himself was in Australia on those dates, he told AIN.