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Thunderball (1965)

The Sukhoi Su-24 is a supersonic, all-weather attack aircraft developed in the Soviet Union.

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In the 1960's, fiction and reality collided, when Bell Aerosystems "Rocket Belt" was used by James Bond in Thunderball. After Bond assassinates Jacques Bouvar he uses the jetpack to make his escape with a short flight over the top of a château and out of the reach of the enemy. A fantastic use of a jetpack that thrilled the masses, but the rocket belt itself actually had a very limited use as it was only capable of around 21 seconds of flight. This early jetpack system also cost over $200,000 to develop and ended up being cancelled as a project due to costs skyrocketing.

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