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[Jog On]

How long before these are as common as mobile phones?

Video: Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it's 'Jetman' Yves Rossy over Mount Fuji - News - The Independent

[evilagent]

How long before these are as common as mobile phones?

Video: Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it's 'Jetman' Yves Rossy over Mount Fuji - News - The Independent

Most people have difficulty with 2 dimensions, give them 3 and there will be hell to pay.

I anticipate:
Drunken pilots.
No lane discipline.
Flying too fast in bad weather and fog.
Crashes at altitude.

Haven't you seen Bladerunner?!

[Churchill]

Not until there's a version that allows you to takeoff from the ground and not be carried aloft by other means.

[MicrosoftBob]

The first time we have a flying suicide bomber using one they will be banned

[OwlHoot]

Most people have difficulty with 2 dimensions, give them 3 and there will be hell to pay.

I anticipate:
Drunken pilots.
No lane discipline.
Flying too fast in bad weather and fog.
Crashes at altitude.

Haven't you seen Bladerunner?!

Presumably he'd also be in big trouble if one of the engines cut out - Wouldn't he end up spinning round and round like a catherine wheel

And if all engines suddenly cut out, I hope those wings are large enough to glide down in some semblance of order.

[VectraMan]

Does anyone know the allowable mileage rate for a jet pack?

[evilagent]

The first time we have a flying suicide bomber using one they will be banned

Car bombs abound in Iraq, and the last generation experienced car bombs in Ireland.
Nobody banned cars.

There will too much money to be made, and too much industrial influence, to ban them.

[evilagent]

Presumably he'd also be in big trouble if one of the engines cut out - Wouldn't he end up spinning round and round like a catherine wheel

And if all engines suddenly cut out, I hope those wings are large enough to glide down in some semblance of order.

AA and RAC will be pretty much obsolete, but the crater-filling industry will a growth sector.

[Ticktock]

The first time we have a flying suicide bomber using one they will be banned

Sounds about right. Like how they banned cars, buses, trucks, airplanes, legs, cafés, vests, motorbikes, pubs, high-rise office blocks and everything else related to suicide bombings.