Originally Posted by
hueyracer
Looks more like they are trying hard to find a "purpose" for their toy.....
Donīt get me wrong:
Its an impressive piece of engineering, and obviously a great toy.
But i donīt ever see a "medic" using this to get to a patient instead of using a car or a helicopter......or a fire fighter to use this getting on top of a burning building......
As the BBC story says, with the jetpack a paramedic could "fly" to a fell top in 90 seconds rather than taking 30 minutes on foot. That's important time saving. This is rugged terrain: car (even 4x4) can't get near many places; helicopter would likely take much more than 30 minutes to scramble and arrive on scene.