I ka wā i piʻi ai ʻo David Maiman i ka lewa, me he mea lā e pane ana ʻo ia i kahi makemake kahiko.
Loaʻa iā mākou nā pahu jet a ʻaʻole mākou manaʻo. Ua hana kekahi Australian i kapa ʻia ʻo David Maiman i kahi pahu mokulele ikaika a lele ʻo ia a puni ka honua – hoʻokahi manawa ma ke aka o ke Statue of Liberty – akā kakaikahi ka poʻe i ʻike i kona inoa. Ua loaʻa kāna pahu mokulele, akā ʻaʻole e holo wikiwiki ana kekahi e kiʻi. Ua ʻōlelo ka poʻe makemake lākou i nā jetpacks no nā makahiki he nui, a ua ʻōlelo mākou makemake mākou e lele no nā kaukani makahiki, akā ʻoiaʻiʻo?
Ke hana nei nā mokulele i ka hemahema o ka pailaka, a hiki ke ʻoi aku ka ʻino. Ua ʻike ʻia kahi noiʻi hou ma ka makahiki 2025, ke manaʻo nei mākou i ka hemahema o ka honua holoʻokoʻa o 34,000 mau pailaka ʻoihana. No nā mokulele liʻiliʻi, ua like nā ʻano. ʻAʻole hiki i nā mokulele ultralight ke hoʻokō. aia, akā ʻaʻole hiki iā Mayman ke ʻike i kekahi.
"I kekahi mau makahiki i hala aku nei, ua lele au ma Sydney Harbour," i ʻōlelo mai ai ʻo ia iaʻu.Ua leo nui nā Jetpacks, no laila ke hōʻoiaʻiʻo nei au ua lohe lākou iaʻu.Akā, aia wau i laila, e lele ana i loko o nā jetpacks, ʻaʻole lākou i nānā i luna.
I ka piha ʻana o koʻu mau makahiki he 40, ua hoʻomaka wau e hoʻāʻo i ka lele ʻana i nā mea a pau e hiki iaʻu - helikopa, ultralights, gliders, hang gliders. Ua makemake mau wau e hana. No laila ua ho'āʻo au i ka paragliding, skydiving. I kekahi lā, kū au ma kahi kahua mokulele ma Kaleponi ʻāina waina i hāʻawi i nā mokulele biplane o ke Kaua Honua I. bomber, he B-17G i kapa ʻia ʻo Sentimental Journey e hoʻopiha ai i ka wahie, no laila ua kau au ma luna o ka moku. I loko, ua like ka mokulele me kahi waʻa alumini kahiko;ʻoʻoleʻa a ʻoʻoleʻa, akā, lele mālie a kani e like me Cadillac. Ua lele mākou no 20 mau minuke ma luna o nā puʻu ʻōmaʻomaʻo a ʻulaʻula, ua keʻokeʻo ka lewa e like me ka loko hau hau, a me he mea lā e hoʻohana maikaʻi ana mākou i ka Lāpule.
No ka mea, ʻaʻole au i ʻike i kaʻu mea e hana nei, a ʻaʻole wau maikaʻi i ka makemakika, ka heluhelu ʻana i ka makani, a i ʻole ke nānā ʻana i nā kelepona a i ʻole nā ana, hana wau i kēia mau mea āpau ma ke ʻano he kaʻa ma mua o ka hoʻokele. Pilot. Ua ʻike wau i kēia. Pono nā pailaka e hoʻonohonoho a me ke ʻano, ʻaʻole wau kekahi o ia mau mea.
Akā, ʻo koʻu noho pū ʻana me kēia mau pailaka, ua mahalo nui au i ka poʻe i hoʻomau i ka hele ʻana - hoʻokolohua a hauʻoli i ka lele ʻana. ʻAʻole palena koʻu mahalo i nā pailaka, a no nā makahiki he 10 i hala iho nei, he Palani-Kanada koʻu kumu kula haʻahaʻa i kapa ʻia ʻo Michael Globensky nāna i aʻo i ka ultralight. kaʻa kaʻa e lele ana ma Petaluma, Kaleponi. Ua aʻo ʻo ia i ka hang gliding, akā ua make kēlā ʻoihana, wahi āna. He ʻumikumamālima makahiki i hala aku nei, ua nalowale ka haumāna. , a me kekahi mau haumāna. Akā, ua hāʻule nui kēlā hana. I koʻu manawa hope loa aʻu i ʻike ai iā ia, ʻaʻohe ona haumāna.
Eia nō naʻe, piʻi pinepine mākou. ʻO ka trike ultralight a mākou i hoʻokele ai, ua like ia me kahi kaʻa kaʻa ʻelua noho me kahi glider hang oversized i hoʻopili ʻia.ʻIke ʻia nā mea hoʻokele a me nā mea kaʻa - no laila ke komo nei mākou i nā ʻaʻahu ʻili hipa, nā mahiole, a me nā mīkina lima mānoanoa. Ua ʻōwili ʻia ʻo Globensky ma ke ala holo, e kali ana i ka Cessna liʻiliʻi a me ka turboprop e hala, a laila ʻo kā mākou manawa. wikiwiki ka ultralight, a ma hope o 90 mika, hoʻokuʻu mālie ʻo Globensky i nā ʻēheu i waho a aia mākou i ka lewa. ʻO ka lele ʻana ua aneane kū pololei, e like me ka huki ʻia ʻana o ka lupe e ka makani makani.
I ka manawa a mākou i haʻalele ai i ka mokulele, ʻokoʻa loa ka manaʻo mai ka noho ʻana ma kekahi mokulele ʻē aʻe. Hoʻopuni ʻia e ka makani a me ka lā, ʻaʻohe mea i kū ma waena o mākou a me nā ao a me nā manu i ko mākou lele ʻana ma luna o ke alaloa, ma luna o nā mahiʻai ma Petaluma, a i loko. ʻO ka Pākīpika. Makemake ʻo Globensky e pūliki i kahakai ma luna o Point Reyes, kahi o nā nalu ma lalo e like me ke kō. e hoʻolohe ana i kahi mele ʻo John Denver. ʻO kēlā mele ʻaneʻane ʻo Rocky Mountain High. mokulele ma Monterey, ma mua o ko mākou Hema – akā ʻaʻohe oʻu puʻuwai. Ua makemake nui ʻo ia i kēlā mele.
Ua hiki mai ʻo Globensky i koʻu noʻonoʻo ʻoiai e kali ana ma ke kahua kaʻa o ka hale kūʻai nui ʻo Ralphs ma ke kūlanakauhale mahiʻai maloʻo o Moorpark ma ka hema o Kaleponi. ʻO kēia paka kaʻa kahi i ʻōlelo mai ai ʻo Mayman lāua ʻo Boris Jarry, nā mea nona ka Jetpack Aviation, e hui. kau inoa ʻia no kahi hālāwai hoʻomaʻamaʻa jetpack hopena pule kahi aʻu e ʻaʻahu ai a hana i kā lākou jetpacks (JB10) me ka nui o nā haumāna ʻē aʻe.
Akā, i koʻu kali ʻana ma kahi kaʻa kaʻa, ʻehā wale nō poʻe aʻu i hālāwai ai - ʻelua ʻelua - aia lākou ma laila no kahi hoʻomaʻamaʻa. paka ʻia ma hope oʻu i loko o kahi kaʻa kaʻa hoʻolimalima. "Jetpack?"Ua nīnau lākou. Noʻonoʻo wau, kū lākou a kali mākou. He pailaka ʻo Wesson i lele kokoke i nā mea āpau - nā mokulele, gyrocopters, helicopters. I kēia manawa hana ʻo ia no ka hui mana kūloko, lele lele i ka wahi a me ka nānā ʻana i nā laina iho. ʻO Yancey kāna hoa maikai a maalahi ka huakai.
ʻO Jesse lāua ʻo Michelle. ʻO Michelle, ka mea e ʻaʻahu ana i nā aniani ʻulaʻula, ua pilikia a aia ma laila e kākoʻo iā Jesse, ʻo ia ka mea e like me Colin Farrell a ua hana pū me Maiman lāua ʻo Jarry ma ke ʻano he mea kiʻi kiʻi lewa no nā makahiki. ʻO ka mea nāna i pana i nā kiʻi o Mayman e lele ana a puni ka Statue of Liberty a me Sydney Harbour. Hāʻawi ʻia i ka ʻōlelo ʻana "kopi i kēlā" ma kahi o "ʻae," ʻo Jesse, e like me aʻu, makemake nui e pili ana i ka lele ʻana, lele e pili ana - he poʻe kaʻa mau, ʻaʻole he pailaka. makemake e lele i ka jetpack, akā ʻaʻole i loaʻa ka manawa.
ʻO ka hope loa, ua haʻalulu kekahi ʻeke ʻeleʻele i loko o ke kahua kaʻa a lele maila kekahi kanaka Palani kiʻekiʻe, ʻo Jarry kēia. He paʻakikī ka loaʻa ʻana o ka hale hoʻomaʻamaʻa jetpack, a i ʻole - ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi - ʻo kona wahi ka mea huna. hale hoʻomaʻamaʻa.No laila ko mākou manaʻo mua o ka papahana hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻo Jetpack Aviation no kahi Farani lōʻihi e hoʻolei ana i kahi kaʻa kūʻai ma o kahi supermarket.
Ma hope o kona hoʻouka ʻana i kā mākou meaʻai i loko o ke kaʻa, komo mākou a hahai iā ia, e hele ana ka huakaʻi ma nā māla huaʻai a me nā māla lau ʻai o Moorpark, nā sprinklers keʻokeʻo e ʻoki ana i nā lālani o nā ʻōmaʻomaʻo a me nā aquamarine. Hele mākou i ko mākou ala lepo lepo ma waena o nā puʻu o nā kumulāʻau lemona a me nā lāʻau fiku, nā makani eucalyptus i hala, a i ka hopena i loko o kahi māla avocado lush ma kahi o 800 kapuaʻi ma luna o ka ʻilikai, aia ʻo Jetpack i loko o ka hale mokulele.
He hoʻonohonoho pono ʻole ia. Ua hoʻokaʻawale ʻia kahi ʻāpana hakahaka ʻelua ʻeka mai ke koena o ka mahiʻai e ka pā lāʻau keʻokeʻo. ʻO ka mea mahiʻai nona ka ʻāina he hoʻokele mua ia a noho i loko o kahi hale ma luna o kahi kualapa." ʻAʻole ʻo ia e noʻonoʻo i ka walaʻau," wahi a Jarry me ka nānā ʻana i ka panalāʻau Sepania ma luna.
Aia ma waenakonu o ka pūhui ka pahu hoʻāʻo jetpack, he ʻāpana ʻāpana ʻāpana e like me ka nui o ka pā basketball. Ua ʻauwana kā mākou mau haumāna no kekahi mau minuke ma mua o ka loaʻa ʻana o ka jetpack, e kau ana i loko o kahi pahu hoʻouna e like me ka hōʻiliʻili hale hōʻikeʻike. mea nani a maʻalahi. Loaʻa iā ia ʻelua turbojets i hoʻololi ʻia, kahi pahu wahie nui a me ʻelua mau lima - throttle ma ka ʻākau a me ka yaw ma ka hema. e hoʻomaopopo i ka mīkini. Ua like ia me ka pahu jetpack me ka ʻole o ka hoʻopau ʻana i ka wahi a i ʻole ke kaumaha. Loaʻa iā ia ʻelua turbojets me ka ʻoi loa o 375 paona. Loaʻa iā ia ka mana wahie o 9.5 galani. Hoʻomaloʻo, he 83 paona ke kaumaha o ka jetpack.
ʻO ka mīkini a me ka pūhui holoʻokoʻa, ʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻaʻole maikaʻi loa a hoʻomanaʻo koke iaʻu i ka NASA - kahi wahi maikaʻi ʻole, kūkulu ʻia a mālama ʻia e nā poʻe koʻikoʻi i mālama ʻole i ka nānā ʻana. Ua holo pono ka hale o Cape Canaveral a ʻaʻohe pilikia. Me he mea lā ʻaʻole ka helu kālā no ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i ka ʻāina. I koʻu nānā ʻana i ka lele hope o ka mokulele mokulele, ua paʻi ʻia au i kēlā me kēia huli ʻana ma muli o koʻu nānā ʻole ʻana i kekahi mea pili ʻole i ka misionari ma lima - kūkulu i nā mea lele hou.
Ma Moorpark, noho mākou i loko o kahi hangar makeshift liʻiliʻi, kahi i hoʻokani ai kahi TV nui i nā kiʻi o Jarry lāua ʻo Mayman e hoʻokele ana i nā avatars like ʻole o kā lākou pahu jetpack. .ʻO kēlā me kēia manawa, kahi pōkole mai ka James Bond kiʻiʻoniʻoni Thunderball i hui pū ʻia no ka hopena comedic. Ua haʻi mai ʻo Jarry iā mākou ua paʻa ʻo Mayman i ke kelepona me nā mea hoʻopukapuka, no laila e mālama ʻo ia i nā kauoha kumu. ʻO nā mea e like me ka throttle a me ka yaw, palekana a me ka pōʻino, a ma hope o 15 mau minuke ma ka papa keʻokeʻo, maopopo ua mākaukau mākou e kau i kā mākou mau mea.
ʻO ka lole mua he lole komo lōʻihi e pale ai i ke ahi. nā mīkina lima. ʻO ka hope loa, ʻo nā kāmaʻa ʻili koʻikoʻi e hōʻoia i ke kī e mālama ai i ko mākou mau wāwae mai ke ahi. (E hiki koke mai ana ka ʻike hou aku.)
No ka mea he pailolo aʻo ʻo Wesson, ua hoʻoholo mākou e hoʻokuʻu iā ia ma mua. Ua piʻi ʻo ia i ʻekolu mau ʻanuʻu pā kila a komo i loko o kāna pahu mokulele, i hoʻokuʻu ʻia mai nā pulleys i waenakonu o ka tarmac. I ka nakinaki ʻana o Jarry iā ia, hōʻike ʻo Maiman. He 50 kona mau makahiki, kūpono, ʻōhule, maka uliuli, lālā lōʻihi a palupalu.
I kona hoʻi ʻana mai a hoʻomaka i ka ninini ʻana i ka wahie i loko o ka pahu jetpack, ua ʻike wale ʻo ia i ke ʻano o ka pilikia, a no ke aha i lohi ai ka hoʻomohala ʻana o ka jetpack a me ka hoʻohana ʻana. e — he oluolu ka mamao ma waena o ko kakou fragile io a me keia explosive wahie.Aka, e lawe ana ia wahie ma kou kua, i loko o ka hanohano backpack piha i na paipu a me ka turbines, lawe mai i ka home i ka oiaio o ka loko hoʻopau engine. makaʻu i disconcerting. Akā naʻe, ʻo ia nō ka ʻenehana maikaʻi loa i loaʻa iā mākou, a ua lawe ʻo Mayman 15 mau makahiki, a me nā kakini o nā iterations i kūleʻa ʻole, e kiʻi i ʻaneʻi.
ʻAʻole ʻo ia ka mea mua. ʻO ka mea mua ma ka moʻolelo e patent i kahi jetpack (a i ʻole rocket pack) ʻo ia ka ʻenekini Lūkini Alexander Andreev, nāna i noʻonoʻo i nā koa e hoʻohana ana i ka mea hana e lele ai ma luna o nā paia a me nā auwaha. ʻaiʻē i nā manaʻo mai kā lākou Himmelsstürmer (Storm in Heaven) papahana - a lākou i manaʻo ai e hāʻawi i ka superman Nazi i ka hiki ke lele. ʻAʻole a hiki i ka makahiki 1961 i hoʻomohala ai ʻo Bell Aerosystems i ka Bell Rocket Strap, he pahu pahu lua maʻalahi e hoʻoulu i ka mea hoʻohana i luna no 21 kekona me ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka hydrogen peroxide i wahie. lele ma luna o ka aha wehe.
Ua nānā nā haneli miliona o ka poʻe i kēlā demo, a ʻaʻole hiki ke hoʻopiʻi ʻia nā kānaka no ka manaʻo ʻana e hele mai ana nā jetpacks i kēlā me kēia lā. ʻO ke kiʻi o Maiman i kona wā ʻōpio e nānā ana i nā suitors e lele ana ma luna o ka Los Angeles Coliseum ʻaʻole i haʻalele iā ia. aʻo i ka lele ma mua o kona aʻo ʻana i ka hoʻokele;Ua loaʻa iā ia kāna laikini pailaka ma ka makahiki 16. Ua hele ʻo ia i ke kulanui a lilo i ʻoihana serial, ma hope e hoʻomaka a kūʻai aku i kahi hui e like me Yelp, a neʻe i Kaleponi me ka makani makani e hoʻokō ai i kāna moeʻuhane o ka hana ʻana i kāna pahu jetpack. Hoʻomaka i ka makahiki 2005 , ua hana pū ʻo ia me nā ʻenekinia ma kahi māla ʻoihana ma Van Nuys, ke kūkulu ʻana a me ka hoʻāʻo ʻana i nā ʻano like ʻole o ka ʻenehana. ʻO kēia mau ʻano jetpack a pau he hoʻokahi wale nō hoʻokolohua hoʻokele, ʻoiai ua loaʻa iā ia ke aʻo ʻana mai Bill Suitor (ke kanaka hoʻokahi nāna i hoʻoikaika iā ia ma ka 84th. 'Olumepika).'O David Maiman ia.
Ua hoʻohana nā mana mua i nā ʻenekini 12, a laila 4, a ua hāʻule mau ʻo ia i nā hale (a me ka cacti) a puni ka Van Nuys Industrial Park. i kona ʻūhā. ʻOiai ua hoʻonohonoho ʻia ʻo ia e lele ma luna o Sydney Harbour i kekahi lā aʻe, ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻo ia a lele pōkole ma luna o ke awa ma mua o ka hāʻule hou ʻana, i kēia manawa i ka inu. -jet design o ka JB9 a me JB10.Me kēia mana - ka mea a mākou e hoʻāʻo nei i kēia lā - ʻaʻohe mea nui.
He mea nui e hoʻomaopopo, ʻoiai, lele ʻo Mayman lāua ʻo Jarry i kā lāua pahu jetpack ma luna o ka wai - ʻaʻole lākou i noʻonoʻo i kahi ala e komo ai i ka pahu jetpack a me ka parachute.
ʻO ia ke kumu o ko mākou lele lele ʻana i kēia lā. A no ke aha mākou ʻaʻole i ʻoi aku ma mua o 4 mau kapuaʻi mai ka honua. Ua lawa anei? Noho ʻo ia ma ka lihi o ka tarmac, e nānā ana iā Wesson e hoʻomākaukau ana, ua noʻonoʻo wau inā ʻo ka ʻike - lele 4 kapuaʻi ma luna. ʻo ka ʻuala—e hāʻawi i kahi mea e like me ka lele maoli ʻana. ʻOiai ua hauʻoli wau i kēlā me kēia lele aʻu i lawe ai ma nā mokulele āpau aʻu i hoʻāʻo ai, ua hoʻi mau wau i ka ʻike e pili kokoke ana i ka lele maʻemaʻe a ʻike maoli i ke kaumaha ʻole. Aia ma ka puʻu gula ma ke kahakai waena o Kaleponi, me ka mauʻu mohair, a ke aʻo mai nei kekahi kanaka i kona mau makahiki he 60 i ka lele ʻana i kahi mea lele. , nā kī a me nā kaula—a i ka hopena, aia wau ma ka piko o ke kuahiwi, mākaukau e holo i lalo a lele. makani. Ua hana au ia mea he kanakini manawa ia la a aole loa au i lele ma mua o 100 kapuai a hiki i ka auwina la. Ke ike nei au ia'u iho e noonoo ana i kela la i keia la e pili ana i ke kaumaha ole, ka malie a me ka maalahi o ke kau ana malalo o na eheu canvas, ka holo o na mauna Mohair malalo o ko'u. wāwae.
E noho ana au ma luna o ka noho ʻili ma ka ʻaoʻao o ke kuamoʻo i kēia manawa, e nānā ana iā Wesson. Kū ʻo ia ma nā ʻanuʻu o ka pā hao, paʻa kona mahiole, ʻo kona mau papalina i ʻāpana o kona ihu, ʻo kona mau maka i loko o ka pā. ka hohonu o kona mau helehelena. Ma ka hoailona a Jarry, ua puhi aku la o Wesson i na jet, e uwo ana e like me ka morta. Ke aala nei ke ala i ka wahie jet, a o ka wela he ekolu-dimensional. Noho iho la maua me Yancey ma ka pa mawaho o ka pa, i ka mae ana. ʻO ke aka o nā lāʻau eucalyptus, ua like ia me ke kū ʻana ma hope o ka mokulele i ka wā e hoʻomaka ai ma kahi mokulele.
I kēia manawa, kū ʻo Jarry i mua o Wesson, me ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā ʻano a me nā neʻe ʻana o ke poʻo e alakaʻi iā ia i luna a i lalo, hema a ʻākau. ka pahu pahu me 10 mau paʻi. Ua neʻe akahele ʻo ia a puni ka tarmac, ʻaʻole iʻoi aku ma mua o 4 kapuaʻi ke kiʻekiʻe, a laila, wikiwiki loa, ua pau. ʻO ia ka pōʻino o ka ʻenehana jetpack. ʻAʻole hiki iā lākou ke hāʻawi i ka wahie no ka lele ʻana o ka ʻoi aku. ʻewalu mau minuke - ʻoiai ʻo ia ka palena kiʻekiʻe. He kaumaha ka ʻaila, ʻaʻa koke, a hiki i ke kanaka ke halihali i nā mea he nui. E ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o nā pahu, akā ʻoi aku ke kaumaha - ma ka liʻiliʻi loa i kēia manawa. lawa ka māmā a me ka ikehu no ka hana ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma mua o ka ʻaila, akā, i kēia manawa, kau palena ʻoe i ka mea hiki iā ʻoe ke lawe, ʻaʻole nui.
Ua hāʻule ʻo Wesson ma luna o ka noho ʻili ma ka ʻaoʻao o Yancey ma hope o kona ʻalo ʻana i kāna ʻeke jet, ʻūlū a līlū.
He hana nui ʻo Jesse i ka lele ʻana i luna a i lalo me ke kauoha maikaʻi, akā ua hana ʻo ia i kahi mea aʻu i ʻike ʻole ai e hana mākou: pae ʻo ia ma ke tarmac. ʻo ka ʻāina maʻamau - akā me nā pahu jet, loaʻa kekahi mea pōʻino i ka wā e pae ai nā pailaka ma luna o ke kaʻa. ʻO nā turbines jet ma nā kua o nā pailaka e puhi i ka ʻūhū ma 800 degere i ka honua, a ʻaʻohe wahi e hele ai kēia wela akā ua hoʻomālamalama ʻia i waho, e pālahalaha ana ma ka papahele. e like me ka radius poma. Ke ku o Jesse a pae paha ma na anuu, hiki ke hoopuka ia ka pauku ilalo o na anuu pa a pahola ae la malalo. Aka, e ku ana ma ka papahele wili, pahola ka ea ma ke ala o kona mau kamaa i ka manawa koke. Ua hoʻouka ʻo ia i kona mau wāwae, kona mau bipi keiki. Hoʻomaka ʻo Jarry lāua ʻo Maiman i ka hana. Hoʻohana ʻo Maiman i ka mamao e hoʻopau i ka turbine ʻoiai ʻo Jarry e lawe mai i kahi bākeke wai. ʻAʻole i puka mai i waho o ka pā, akā ua aʻo ʻia ka haʻawina. Mai pae i ka tarmac me ka holo ʻana o ka ʻenekini.
I koʻu manawa, ua hee au ma luna o nā ʻanuʻu pā kila a hoʻoheheʻe ma ka ʻaoʻao i loko o kahi pahu jet i hoʻokuʻu ʻia mai nā wili. .Ua hoʻolālā maikaʻi ʻia ka pahu no ka hāʻawi ʻana i ke kaumaha a me ka hoʻokele maʻalahi, akā ʻo 90 paona (maloʻo me ka wahie) ʻaʻole ia he mea hoʻohenehene. Pono e ʻōlelo ʻia ua hana maikaʻi nā ʻenekinia ma Mayman me ke kaulike a me ka intuitiveness o nā mana. I ka manawa koke, ua kūpono, ʻo ia mau mea a pau.
ʻO ia hoʻi, i lalo pono i nā kīʻaha a me nā kaula. Nui nā ʻeke a me nā kaula i kūpono e like me ka lole lewa, e hoʻoikaika ana i ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i ka ʻāʻī. , hā'awi 'oi a'e a emi mai paha ka wahie i ka jet turbine. 'O ko'u mana lima hema 'o ka yaw, e kuhikuhi ana i ka jet exhaust i ka hema a i 'ole. ʻO Jarry. E like me Wesson lāua ʻo Jesse ma mua oʻu, ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia koʻu mau papalina i loko o koʻu ihu, a ua hālāwai wau me Jarry me nā maka, e kali ana i kekahi micro-kauoha e kōkua iaʻu ʻaʻole e make.
Hoʻopiha ʻo Maiman i kāna ʻeke ʻeke i ka ʻaila a hoʻi hou i ka ʻaoʻao o ka tarmac me ka mamao ma ka lima. Nīnau mai ʻo Jerry inā ua mākaukau wau. Ua haʻi aku wau iā ia ua mākaukau wau. Ua ʻā nā Jets. Ke kani nei me he makani ʻino o ka Category 5 e hele ana ma kahi lua. Huli i kahi puʻupuʻu i ʻike ʻole ʻia a hoʻohālike au i kāna mau neʻe ʻana me ka puʻupuʻu maoli. Ke piʻi nui nei ka leo. Hoʻohuli hou ʻo ia i kāna throttle ʻaihue, huli wau i kaʻu. ʻĀnō ke kani ka leo ma kahi wela wela a ʻike wau i ka paʻi ʻana ma ke kua o kaʻu keiki bipi. .Ua hele iki au i mua a hui pu i ko'u mau wawae.(No laila ua oolea na wawae o ka poe lawe jetpack e like me na koa paani — e hoopa'i koke ia ana ke kalae e ka jet exhaust 800. throttle, a laila ke haʻalele mālie nei au i ka honua. ʻAʻole ia e like me ke kaumaha ʻole.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Jerry iaʻu e piʻi kiʻekiʻe. Hoʻokahi kapuaʻi, a laila ʻelua, a laila ʻekolu. I ka uwē ʻana o nā mokulele a me ke ahi ʻaila, ua pōʻai au, me ka manaʻo he nui ka halulu a me ka pilikia e lana ana he 36 iniha mai ka honua aku. ʻO ke ʻano, ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka makani a me ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana i ka lele ʻana, ʻo ia wale nō ka ikaika.
ʻO ka huli ʻana i ka hema a me ka ʻākau pono e hoʻopololei i ka ʻūwae - ʻo ka paʻa ʻana o kuʻu lima hema, ka mea e neʻe ai i ke kuhikuhi o ka pahu i hoʻokuʻu ʻia. Ma kāna iho, maʻalahi. ʻO ka tarmac e like me Jesse i hana ai. ʻAʻole maʻalahi ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i ke kihi ʻuwā i ka wā e paʻa ai ka throttle me ka paʻa ʻana o nā wāwae me ka nānā ʻana i nā maka hauʻoli o Jarry. ʻAʻole au i hana i ka nalu nalu nui.)
A laila i mua a i hope. He hana ʻokoʻa loa kēia a ʻoi aku ka paʻakikī. No ka neʻe ʻana i mua, pono ka mea hoʻokele e hoʻoneʻe i ka mīkini holoʻokoʻa. ʻO koʻu kino. Ke hana ʻē aʻe, huki i ka lima i luna, hoʻopili i koʻu mau lima i koʻu poʻohiwi, hoʻohuli i nā jet i koʻu mau kuʻekuʻe wāwae, huki iaʻu i hope. ;E ʻōlelo wale wau ʻaʻole makemake wau a makemake paha e like ia me ka throttle a me ka yaw – ʻoi aku ka ʻakomi, ʻoi aku ka pane, a ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi ʻO ke ahi (e noʻonoʻo i ka puhi ʻana i ka pata) i ka ʻili o koʻu mau keiki bipi a me nā kuʻekuʻe wāwae.
Ma hope o kēlā me kēia lele hoʻāʻo, iho au i lalo i nā ʻanuʻu, wehe i koʻu mahiole, a noho pū me Wesson lāua ʻo Yancey, me ka haʻalulu a me ka luhi. .I ko makou ike ana ua oi iki aku ka maikai o ka Jesse, i ka napoo ana o ka la malalo o ka laina laau, ua kukakuka makou i ka mea e hiki ai ia makou ke hana no ka hooikaika ana, a me ka pono nui o keia mīkini. He pōkole loa ka manawa lele o kēia manawa a paʻakikī loa. Akā,ʻo ia hoʻi ka hihia me ka Wright Brothers - a laila kekahi. ʻO kā lākou mua manuverable air kaʻa ua paʻakikī loa e lele no kekahi akā ʻo lākou wale nō, a he ʻumi makahiki i hala ma waena o kā lākou hōʻikeʻike a me ka mokulele mokulele nui mua i hiki ke lele ʻia e. ʻO kekahi mea ʻē aʻe .I kēia manawa, ʻaʻohe mea hoihoi iā ia. No nā makahiki mua o kā lākou lele hoʻāʻo, ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia lākou ma waena o nā ala ala ʻelua ma Dayton, Ohio.
ʻIke mau ʻo Mayman lāua ʻo Jarry iā lāua iho ma ʻaneʻi. Ua hana lāua i ka hana paʻakikī o ka hoʻolālā ʻana, ke kūkulu ʻana, a me ka hoʻāʻo ʻana i kahi jetpack i maʻalahi a intuitive no ka Rube e like me aʻu e lele ai i nā kūlana hoʻomalu. a hiki paha iā lākou ke hoʻoponopono i ka pilikia o ka wā lele. Akā, i kēia manawa, ʻelua mau mea kūʻai aku i ka Jetpack Aviation boot camp, a ʻo ke koena o ke kanaka e hāʻawi i ka hui ʻike i ka hui ʻana.
I hoʻokahi mahina o ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana, e noho ana au ma ka home e hoʻāʻo nei e hoʻopau i kēia moʻolelo i koʻu heluhelu ʻana i kahi ʻāpana nūhou ua ʻike ʻia kahi pahu jetpack e lele ana ma 5,000 kapuaʻi kokoke i ke kahua mokulele ʻo Los Angeles. ʻO ka mea hoʻokele kaʻa mokulele ʻo LAX, ʻoiai ʻaʻole ia ka mea i ʻike mua ʻia.
Ua leka uila au iā Mayman e nīnau i kāna mea i ʻike ai e pili ana i ka hanana, me ka manaʻo ʻo ia kēia kanaka jetpack pohihihi. ka moʻolelo i loaʻa i nā mea ʻē aʻe, e waiho wale i ka hiki ke lele, me ka jetpack.
Ua hala kekahi pule a ʻaʻole au i lohe hou mai iā Mayman. I kona hāmau ʻana, ua pua nā manaʻo hihiu. ʻOiaʻiʻo ʻo ia, manaʻo wau. ʻO ia wale nō ka mea hiki ke lele, a ʻo ia wale nō ke kumu. hopu i ka manaʻo o ka honua ma o nā ala pololei—e like me nā wikiō YouTube a me nā hoʻolaha ma ka Wall Street Journal—ua koi ʻia ʻo ia e hele rogue. Ua hoʻomaka nā pilote a me nā mea hoʻokele ea ma LAX e kāhea i ka mea hoʻokele Iron Man - ke kanaka ma hope o ke keʻokeʻo e like me ka superhero alter ego Tony Stark, e kali ana a hiki i ka manawa kūpono e hōʻike ai ʻo ia ʻo ia.
"Makemake au i manaʻo i nā mea e hana nei a puni LAX," i kākau ai ʻo Mayman.ʻAʻohe o lākou ikaika e piʻi i 3,000 a i ʻole 5,000 kapuaʻi, lele no kekahi manawa a iho mai a pae.ʻO wau wale nō ke manaʻo nei he drone uila me kahi mannequin inflatable e like me ke kanaka e paʻa ana i ka jetpack.
ʻO kekahi mea pohihihi ʻono ʻē aʻe i nalowale. i kekahi manawa ma Avocado Fly a puni ka mahiʻai, inā e hōʻoiaʻiʻo hiki iā lākou.
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