Thursday, April 20, 1961: Jetpack flight

Harold Graham makes the first successful free-flight test of the Bell Aerosystems Rocket Belt. Graham travels 112 feet, rising four feet off the ground. The flight lasts 13 seconds.

* Excerpt from "Jetpack Dreams" (book by Mac Montandon): @

* jetpackdreamsthebook.com: @

* Bell progress report (footage): Part 1 @ and Part 2 @

* Rocket belts and jetpacks website: @

* Entry from flying-contraptions.com: @

* Entry from U.S. Army Transportation Museum: @

* "This Man Can Broad-Jump 368 Feet" (Scientific American, December 1961): @

* Graham obituary (2009): @

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