Nigel G Wilcox

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Courtesy: © U.S. Army/Popular Science December 1958, Public domain, Pocket-lint 03.12.17

The Rocket Belt came about as a US Army project aimed at allowing soldiers to be able to leap over small distances and move at faster speeds to get them out of harm's way. In 1958, the Jumpbelt was demonstrated at Fort Benning and allowed a person to be able to jump 20 feet into the air and dash 300 feet in just nine seconds. Though not supporting actual flight, the jumpbelt project was certainly an interesting start into personal transport.

Project Grasshopper Jump Belt (1958)

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