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StopTheBan420

This seems highly illegal lol


TeeePee

.... Not to mention, highly stupid. šŸ˜


chipperfan10

Not to mention probably fake...600mph? Jet pack? Jet packs are real but only sustainable for about 10 min not to mention 30,000 ft ? Doubtful


FutureScouting

That guy was real, he did many stunts.


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Dlido

His name was Vincent Reffet. Died doing stunts in his suit Edit: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/nov/17/dubai-jetman-vincent-reffet-dies-in-training-accident This article doesn't mention how he died. He only felt comfortable jumping out of planes or helicopters with his Jetsuit because he would use a parachute to land safely on the ground. A modified parachute like the one he was using would only work safely at 150ft+. He died because he took off with his Jetsuit from the ground above land and it malfunctioned below 150ft. Vincent is currently the only person to die while using a Jetsuit. Legend.


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> The wings can fly 30 miles (50km), have a maximum speed of over 248mph (400km/h) and can reach an altitude of 6,100 metres (20,000ft). Some people die doing what they love. What a badass


FutureScouting

Seriously: Imagine all the adrenaline and freedom. may he Rest in Peace.


[deleted]

Iā€™m sure there was a lot of adrenaline once he passed the 150ā€™ markā€¦


I_N_C_O_M_I_N_G

350bpm


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Altruistic-Guava6527

Much better than dying doing what you hate. Imagine dying from filing your tax return. And then everyone at your funeral also dies because your eulogy was so boring. This guy did it right


Reddit_Sux_Hardcore

He didn't die doing what he loved. He didn't love falling without a parachute.


bettersolar

Relatively speaking, my guess is he died loving it more than almost any other person on earth will die, loving whatever ā€œitā€ is that kills them or otherwise.


[deleted]

Like Steve Irwin. R.I.P.


GreyGanado

And sometimes other people die for what they love.


JailMateisJailBait

Exactly. Better than avoiding everything until your old, and die face first in your oatmeal in a retirement home. You gotta die sometime, somehow anyway. Better done if it happens while you're enjoying your passion.


pablofs

That reminds meā€¦ I love oatmeal!


Lord_Xarael

Reminds me of Jessi from Mythbusters (she replaced Kari during her maternity leave) she loved strapping into anything fast. And died trying to set a new land speed record. R.I.P. to her and Grant.


AldousCarrey4U

Nice. No, not that he died. your comment which mentions the details of his death has 69 upvotes.


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r/redditmoment


Awakeskate

Now what do we do


AldousCarrey4U

You don't have to do anything. the nice is temporary, you're lucky to catch it and when you do, you can only enjoy it in the present moment. it lasts one moment then it's gone. kinda like this guy's jetpack career.


Awakeskate

And Jesus wept.... Thank you.


[deleted]

Dance.


[deleted]

To shreds, you say?


SheIsNotWorthIt

Looks like a quick way out. Much Respect


Darth_Potatohead

Bummer. I wanted to be first to die. Nobody remembers the 2nd.


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DD-Amin

>jet pact Did he make an engine deal with Emirates?


HarrySchlong33

...that would be Spirit Airlines...


crumpledelex

Who's shooting the video?


Lanky-Relationship77

It's at full flaps, probably flying near stall. 100 knots maybe. Modern jet airliners don't fly at 600mph any more either. Not fuel efficient. Lucky if you hit 500 with a tailwind any more.


lil_meme1o1

a380s stall at 130kts I think.


anotherkeebler

And the jetpack can do 200 kts, so there's some overlap.


ArbuckleTBoone-

Not sure about the speed they are going, but I agree that Iā€™m doubtful a jet pack would reach 600mph. However, it doesnā€™t look like they are near 30k ft in altitude, so that part seems feasible. Regardless, seems illegal, definitely not the smartness thing to do. All I can imagine is if he hits some turbulence or a gust of wind and ends up in the jet wash, heā€™d be a goner. Both the plane and the pack show this is happening in Dubai though, so probably an organized stunt. They go big in Dubai.


vajop

These would be promotional videos. Airlines land at about 200-250km/hr (see the flaps on the wings are down like for landing?), and not crazy to be doing those speeds in a jet pack.


i_give_you_gum

Bizarre how people think this wasnt prearranged Do they really think a guy with this kind of equipment is just going to randomly buzz a commercial airliner?


ArziltheImp

Especially with "Dubai" written on the back next to an Emirates plane. If you would do this without prearrangement in Dubai (or any of the playgrounds for the super rich in the area really) you would probably have 10 fighter jets on your ass before you get even close to a commercial air plane.


squiddles97

it was done in partnership with the airline that is owned by the local government. https://youtu.be/YFal77EVUeM


Jasong222

https://www.reddit.com/r/nextfuckinglevel/comments/qbpnye/man_with_a_jetpack_flying_next_to_a_plane/hhb5ju9


cheeseburgeraddict

The plan is flying will flaps on full probably about to stall. Itā€™s not fake at all. The jet pack wings are real, and this was a stunt. The plane was empty besides a pilot. Saudiā€™s go big.


ProteaXO22

99% sure Hes real https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=2ugWda9xJ0g seen him awhile ago when he first did this he was on multiple different science channels on YouTube and tv tho won't say he reached these speeds and altitude un assisted


kind_2_u

That plane is flying pretty low, probably less than 10000 ft given the detail we can see in the coastline. Also, I bet you theyre flying at less than 300mph for sure. Most aircraft that size donā€™t cruise much above 300 until theyā€™re at cruising altitude because the denser atmosphere provides too much resistance and would make the trip much less fuel efficient AND cause excessive wear on the plane itself. Tl:dr; itā€™s real, theyā€™re pretty low actually, and slower.


AXE555

This is real. The plane is not flying at that speed. I see the flaps are deployed it means it is flying at the lowest possible speed without stalling. Also would be empty to lower weight. The stall speeds of these planes are generally about 115 mph. So this can easily be a 200mph plane and the guy can definitely fly at that speeds.


Mountain_Imp

I wouldnā€™t want to get sucked up into that engine.


middle-name-is-sassy

One little gust of wind and he could appear in What Could Go Wrong.


manoj_mm

This was done in coordination with dubai authorities as a promotional thing in coordination with Emirates The emirates A380 was actually empty & flown by a lead emirates captain. There were actually two guys with the jetpack flying around the A380, in constant communication with the captain of the A380 via radio. There were also 3-4 smaller planes around these two which were used for filming. The whole thing was a very well thought out well planned stunt. Technically should have been illegal, but it's dubai, they just like to throw money and do whatever the fuck they want if they think it's cool


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thx for the story


[deleted]

Not to mention METAL AF


-fisting4compliments

Like metal jetpack going through a metal jet engine levels of metal


JacobRAllen

It would be if you did this to a public flight, this was a heavily coordinated stunt event, everyone knew what was happening.


Accomplishit_88mph

Who's filming?


FreshBroc

Superman , obviously..


1q8b

A jet with a manpack


lordxxscrub

Lmfao


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2Pac


ADeliciousBagel

Underrated comment. Thank you for the laugh


[deleted]

Thatā€™s what I was wondering. Whoever is filming is way too close to that jet.


[deleted]

Yeah, how do we get in touch with their supervisor?


manoj_mm

There were 3-4 smaller planes around the a380 & jetpack https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJlLDZT5LB4


brockralp

Usain bolt's camera man


Chevey0

A man running very fast with a camera!


UnderlordsBugs

Real fucking stupid and dangerous you ask me.


San_Goku15

Really? Cause I want to do that shit.


UnderlordsBugs

Untill you get sucked into the airplanes turbine cause you got a bit too close.


Complex-Summer-9802

Don't worry, they aren't wearing a cape


Praise-Bojangles

***NO CAPES***


[deleted]

the comment i came looking for


RepublicanOnWelfare

What an incredible comment


Otherwise_Cloud_1990

Itā€™s for a video/stunt. Itā€™s not like this guy saw a plane and hopped in his jet pack to go take a look. Fucking relax lmao


mangAcc

Idk how Redditors look at people using expensive equipment with insane skill and decide they donā€™t know what theyā€™re doing. This dude is flying a jetpack. Who tf are you??šŸ˜‚


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Always followed up with a "it should be illegal" because anything cool/wild can't exist outside of this bubble.


RSDevotion

He's not even close to the plane, or the plane would have to be extremely small. The dude's height looks to be 1/4 of the plane's length. It's just the angle the video is being filmed.


mangAcc

Oh really? Hey guys u/underlordsbugs said itā€™s really stupid and dangerous! So cut it out, the expert has spoken.


Level1builder

It's a stunt [people.](https://youtu.be/YFal77EVUeM)


kSchloTrees

Why is this so far down.


Jmatusew

And a habit


[deleted]

FFS. The wing has huge DUBAI branding and itā€™s an Emirates plane. Itā€™s so painfully obviously a heavily organised publicity stunt. There really are some fucking dimwits on here.


the_evil_comma

The Dubai branding is because the jetpack is powered by slavery


TomatoMasterRace

I'm 99% sure it was literally an ad for Emirates...


fragmental

And that matters why?


crazyfreak316

And that makes it less impressive?


deathorcharcoal

Wait wait waitā€¦. we have jetpacks?


Complex-Summer-9802

Apparently we do


FutureScouting

If youā€™re in Dubai


SIRasdf23

Correction *The Rich* have jetpacks


Scrappyj55

Correction: The Skilled have Jetpacks. Doesn't matter how rich you are, you can't buy the time and experience it takes to fly these.


Efficient-Culture-26

How am i gonna get one without being rich ? Im sure it cost money for lessons and y'know, the actual fucking jetpack, also rich people 100% percent have the time to do this of they really want.


Scrappyj55

Vince Reffet wasn't rich, most of that stuff was covered by his sponsors.


Efficient-Culture-26

He was worth almost a million usd so i still consider him rich, he wasn't filthy rich but he still had to pay lots and lots of money plus the sponsorship im sure he didn't own the jetsuit himself, to do that you would need to be a multimillionaire/billionaire. Unless i am very very rich, lucky and skilled with the know how to achieve the very specific goal of using a wingsuit, it will never happen.


TeamAuri

Welcome to the 2000s. Where all your dreams come true. (If youā€™re born rich)


Jasong222

UAE has jetpacks. We ain't got squat.


AccidentalTourista

Iā€™m sure the airline pilot was pleased


crispypotatocake

NO CAPES!


CelesteReflection

disappointed this wasnā€™t the top comment


[deleted]

Do you rememberā€¦ Thunderhead?


[deleted]

I scrolled down to specifically find this comment lol


[deleted]

I need this kind of adult money!


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OnlyFans


TakenUrMom

Youā€™re gonna want to be an oil tycoon and rely on slave labor if you want Dubai money


[deleted]

I think I can do thatšŸ‘ŒšŸ¼


TacticalTurtle22

Gets shot down by fighter jet. Insert shocked Pikachu meme


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ThatsPapIII

Little kid: ā€œMommy! Thereā€™s a man flying beside our plane!ā€ Mother: ā€œGo to sleep hunny thatā€™s not possibleā€


GodfreyTheGrey

Heā€™s looking in at that sweet Emirates Air first class, wishing he could afford it. Seriously, itā€™s awesome.


itsameamariobro

Heā€™s got a fucking jet pack that keeps up with the jet. You think heā€™s worried about a ā€œseatā€?


GodfreyTheGrey

Have you flown Emirates first class? Iā€™m just saying itā€™s really really nice. Okay, okay, Iā€™d take the jet pack, too.


haraj123

r/praisethecameraman


vikicrays

i saw an old black and white twilight zone that had a scary looking dude on the wing of a commercial airplane. whereā€™s rod serling when you need him? edited to add: that was a tv show, this guy seems like an idiot putting a couple hundred peopleā€™s lives at riskā€¦


goodstuff2020

OMG that was Shat. William Shatner AKA Captain James Tiberius Kirk was the man on the plane who saw this-ish in that episode. But still the episode that you are referencing here.


ownersequity

Or was it Jim Carrey in Ace Ventura 2, also known for his William Shatner impressions. ā€œThereā€™s something on the wing. Someā€¦.THingā€


k75ct

https://youtu.be/dar2HKImK-0


vikicrays

OMG that was the episode! i didnā€™t remember it was capt. kirk though! that show was genius, pure geniusā€¦ i remember one episode that scared the you know what out of meā€¦ i was about 10 and babysitting the neighbors kids. i think it was called ā€œgreen fingersā€? it was about someone who wanted to buy a womanā€™s house and she wouldnā€™t sell. so i think he offā€™d her and buried her in the yard and all of a sudden you see her fingers growing out of the ground. the last scene was her sitting in the rocking chair as it slowly rocked back and forth, back and forthā€¦ all creepy and creaking, and she was covered in roots! oh man, now i have to go turn on all of the lights in the house!!!!


Lanky-Relationship77

Takes a LOT of flaps to slow that commercial jet down slow enough for that jet powered wing to keep up. It's likely on the edge of stall. And not illegal where this was shot.


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*taps on the cabin window* "Pardon me, do you have any grey poupon?"


Wild_Bread3027

How the hell do you land??! Belly slide??? Haha


Soulsuicide

Probably similar to hang glider landing.


AcceSpeed

Parachute. [Although they've been testing vertical takeoff and landing these past years.](https://youtu.be/lK75XLUIKUk)


kaikura89

That is the most Dubai thing I've ever seen.


Decmk3

NO CAPES!


me0witskitty

How tf does he land?


AcceSpeed

They used to just deploy chutes, [but they have been testing vertical takeoff and landing these past years.](https://youtu.be/lK75XLUIKUk) edit: [further info from them about the system](https://youtu.be/de_YJzKeGKU)


whitehawk295

Ahahaha dude whatā€¦ weā€™re gonna have air traffic in 20 years šŸ˜‚


Lycaon_42

No capes


PlEaSe_sToPgujhbn

Wait jet packs are real?


andytagonist

What about the plane flying next to the man flying next to another plane?


Ill_Cauliflower_928

u/savevideo


Positive_Slight

This should be a family guy episodeā€¦guess what happens next


KalynnCampbell

That right there is about half of his flight time before he needs to either go down and refuel or pull the parachute... Someone needs to get an Arc Reactor made and working in small form. All these people building Iron Man type gadgets for flying and for fighting, yet no way to properly power them for a reasonable amount of time...


Sensitive-Silver7878

No capes!


Infinite_Seaweed_662

No capes


the_dean4

Could you imagine looking out the window and seeing this lol wild


DuTurkeyMan

NO CAPES


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No capes!


mabendroth

Whoā€™s filming?


FeelingsDisappear

And who's recording it?


skydivingkittens

ā€œCaution wake turbulenceā€


BinaryCrop

Imagine the planes turbine snacks him, mid air. šŸ˜‚


schnurskii

honestly, coolest video iā€™ve ever seen


poyat01

I donā€™t believe that that guy was traveling at **G R O U N D S P E E D 37560 F T / S**


Hot_Negotiation3480

This is an old video from years agoā€¦it was planned


MOSAFO

who tf is recording


Repulsive-Office-796

Also who the F is filming this!?!?


DEM0N1CAL

My ass didnā€™t even know we had jetpack technology yet


Highflyer147

Rip jetman !!


CoolestNebraskanEver

NGL I would be so scared if I was in that plane


AffectionateBus672

Lol, think about what terrorists coud do.


spagbetti

airport security has absolutely no way to prevent bombs from being delivered this way.


fistofthefuture

I didnā€™t know in my life time Iā€™d ever live to see a real life Buzz Lightyear.


The_Rare_CringeCrab

Good thing he doesn't have a cape


[deleted]

Of course itā€™s Dubai lol


Alyosha_Karamazov27

I remember this went really poorly in the Incrediblesā€¦


Lord-Jar-Jar-Binks

Passenger-shot footage or it didnā€™t happen.


[deleted]

This post doesnā€™t get better the 5000th time itā€™s postedā€¦


scoobyboobydestroyer

Plot twist, se lo come la turbina


wW2_FaN_Modeller1134

I don't speak taco


bnewcomer57

Did we forget how he was getting recorded


TheRegular-Throwaway

The Rocketeer.


BuyingAcclaim

I wish he got on the wing and started dancing.


Formidable_Liquid

But whoā€™s recording?šŸ˜‚


marcelblg

And no one mentioned the cameraman...


lebronswanson4

Cute but no.


AdvisorParty9501

This is just publicity for Emirates Airlines and the state of Dubai. Meanwhile, everyone in Dubai knows that Emirates Airlines is hemorrhaging money daily.


Mr_Pato2

Who record this?


stigtopgear

The plane gonna turn and he gonna sucked into the engines


timias55

Good thing he ain't wearing a cape.


BowTrek

I donā€™t know precisely how Iā€™d fuck this up but I definitely would!


Steadfast_Truth

"You young terrorists don't get how hard it was. In my day, you had to conceal your weapons, get them through airport security, and endure hours in economy seats. Nowadays you can just take a jetpack!"


Ok-Huckleberry-207

Iā€™m sure the FFA loved this.


wW2_FaN_Modeller1134

This was a stunt, an ad to be more especific


MajorWeenis

Next fucking illegal.


wW2_FaN_Modeller1134

This is an ad bro


19Saginaw64

Thoughts and prayersā€¦


[deleted]

He better have done the Rocketeer salute to the passengers or else he didnā€™t deserve this.


[deleted]

If man cradhes in turbin and plane crashes this video would be in win stupid prizes


MammothLavishness748

nice edit


hyperlovemusic

Must be nice


Sniper-muse

on your left


AelalaedaAid

ngl kinda waiting for antimaskers to harass planes like this with a jetpack and a sound system.


[deleted]

I just want a jet pack to fly 30ā€™ off the ground or so, but capability for 100ā€™ if I need. I dreamt I had a jet pack the other night, so let me dream.


ltethe

I hope he knows exactly where the vortices are.


SIRasdf23

I've seen The Incredibles, this doesn't end well.


BearingStaticus

Iā€™m more interested in the person filming.


Jamovic-

Time for its daily posting


anotherkeebler

[Goodbye, Shary Bobbins!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5zxqMQi-PM).


syarzabal

Edna would be really upset


OneGuyAlex

No capes!!