jet pack

See also jet-pack, and jetpack

English

Amazing Stories, Volume 3, Number 5, August 1928, depicting a fictional character flying with a jetpack.

Rocket Belt pilot Dan Schlund at the 2005 Melbourne Show.

Alternative forms

• jetpack
• jet-pack

Noun

jet pack (plural jet packs)

1. (aviation) A piece of equipment that may be strapped to a person’s back and generate vertical thrust by a downward discharge of jet fluid, thereby rendering the person capable of flight.

Usage notes

• (aviation): In formal use, one most often speaks or writes of using a jet pack; however, in informal use, it is not uncommon to hear of flying or riding a jet pack.

Translations

Equipment worn on the back for vertical thrust

• French: réacteur dorsal (fr)

Hyponyms

• (aviation): rocket pack

See also

• (aviation): rocket belt

External links

• Jet pack on Wikipedia.Wikipedia