A world first, and a game changer.

A huge milestone was achieved for Martin Aircraft over the last week, with the first manned flights at more than a two metres altitude. As the lucky candidate, I was able to take the aircraft through its paces, and emulate the profiles that we have been practising in our 6-Degree-of-Freedom (6DOF) motion simulator. The aircraft performed very well and it was a pleasure to fly. 

Martin Aircraft is producing the world's first practical commercial jetpack, and with public proof of its abilities, we are shaping ourselves to deliver in the second half of 2016. We are growing our teams across the company, and the Flight Operations team is looking for highly motivated, capable people to join the excitement.

Here's a link to some footage from TV NZ, who covered the flight:

https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/exclusive-first-pictures-kiwi-jetpack-invention-lifts-off-for-maiden-flight.html?autoPlay=4620971541001