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Old 12-02-2020, 03:45 AM
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Not an aircraft per se, but it does involve flying.
Gravity Industries have been developing individual flying suits that are quite amazing to see in operation.
While the tech is well known, they are apparently refining it to give better fuel consumption (as flight time is limited to the amount of fuel a person can carry).
It uses quite a bit as you are quite literally strapping jet engines to your body.

The system is being touted as a useful tool for mountain rescue units to bring immediate first aid to injured people but I can imagine that Morrow Teams would use it for such things as reconnaissance as well.
There's some claims that the system can fly higher and faster than the specifications given on the webpages but it's been limited for safety reasons



https://www.yankodesign.com/2018/07/...uits-are-here/
https://www.thedrive.com/tech/23483/...series-in-2019
https://www.autofutures.tv/2020/09/2...ef-test-pilot/

The company itself
https://gravity.co/

This video is worth watching over all others because it gives a lot of insight into the development of the system rather than the usual publicity style of video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YWl...ature=emb_logo

The system uses liquid fuelled jets at the moment, but with the special knowledge that Bruce brought back with him, I can imagine Morrow Industries developing something that doesn't need an inefficient liquid fuelled engine to develop the necessary thrust.
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