VIDEO: World's Fastest Jet Pack vs. Ford Focus RS
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We're all for alternative forms of transportation here at Autoblog, and we're not just talking about hydrogen fuel cells and lithium ion batteries, either. We're talking jet packs! Eric Scott is a 46-year-old Go Fast! Jet Pack pilot from Denver who became the first jet-propelled man to cross the 1,053ft-wide Royal Gorge Canyon in his home state of Colorado last year. This past week he also became the fastest jet-propelled man alive when he was clocked going 68 mph at Knockhill Racing Circuit in Scotland. What better way to follow up a record-setting jet pack run than to drag race a Ford Focus RS? The impromptu race occurred at the circuit with BTCC champ Gordon Shedden behind the wheel of the lime green Focus RS. Who do you think won? We'll tell you now because it's not altogether obvious in the video after the jump. The jet-propelled man narrowly beat out the Focus, but considering Scott's rig can only carry 30 seconds worth of fuel, we think the Ford could take him with a little more road.
[Source: YouTube via TarMag]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 3)
Adam 8:08PM (5/12/2009)
I'll take one of each, please!
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Randy 9:08PM (5/12/2009)
I second that!
I think the Focus RS had a soft start in this video! Didn't appear to have the launch that I was expecting! Actually looked like a first to third gear shift by the momentum....
Franz 8:08PM (5/12/2009)
I didn't even know there were real jet packs around. LOL
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Taglane 9:24PM (5/12/2009)
I know, right? Why wasn't this on Yahoo News?lol
Mehdi Cheddadi 9:58PM (5/12/2009)
yahoo news....
Taglane 10:16PM (5/12/2009)
Well yeah. Yahoo News has articles on talking cats and amy winehouse- why not a jetpack?
tump 11:36AM (5/13/2009)
The first one was invented in 1958. They aren't very common, though.
larry a 8:14PM (5/13/2009)
Exactly! How much for a Jetpack, I need one for an easy exit after robbing a bank
Scott K. 8:13PM (5/12/2009)
Now I've seen everything.
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Randy 9:03PM (5/12/2009)
You didn't see it go in reverse! There is hope for you friend :) Stay with us.....
Steve 8:39PM (5/12/2009)
Jeez that thing must be insanely loud to comletely drown out the car's noise.
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Yaroukh 8:42PM (5/12/2009)
Well I couldn't care less about such non-senses, I'm rather curious how has the previously announced Nurburgring record attempt ended.
And I have bad feeling...
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Randy 9:05PM (5/12/2009)
Nonsense?
I'm sure someone said that at the Salt Flats when Henry Ford took the land speed records back in the day! There's got to be a start somewhere friend...
Yaroukh 6:26AM (5/13/2009)
Yes, it is a non-sense - the same kind of non-sense as the Reventón vs. Fighter-Jet race, but that one was far pretty spectacular, and I was actually having fun watching it...
This one is short, you can't hear the RS, you can't see what the jet-pack guy sees, nothing I wouldn't see on youtube before...
I'm really glad you are enjoying the video, I just don't. I believe my opinion doesn't ruin your viewer experience. ;)
Randy 4:56PM (5/13/2009)
Oh I get you know! It's the pairing, not the entire idea!
Yaroukh 5:45PM (5/13/2009)
well sometimes I write less of what I mean... sometimes vice versa :oP
Tim 8:53PM (5/12/2009)
Jet Pack Man better make dang sure he's not up too high at 30 seconds - otherwise he's doing his best Wile E. Coyote impersonation.
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the vegas style guy 6:35AM (5/13/2009)
Beep! Beep!
timwang2006 9:02PM (5/12/2009)
100 percent honest, I would take that jetpack over an Enzo. Where do I buy one?
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Randy 9:06PM (5/12/2009)
So would I. I'd buy a Focus for rainy and snowy days and a JetPack for every other moment... of my life
I'd have a hell of a time apple picking here in New England.... :-)