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AIRXC_040817_25.JPG: Bell No. 2 Rocket Belt
Often called the Jet Pack, Jet Flying Belt, Jet Belt, or Jet Vest, the rocket belt is a small personal propulsion device. Strapped on the back, it enables a person to fly short distances using low rocket power produced by a pressurized gas.
The rocket belt concept appeared in Buck Rogers comic strips as early as 1929. Wendell Moore of Bell Aerosystems was the first to develop a working version in the mid-1950's. In the 1960's, the U.S. military seriously considered equipping combat soldiers with the device, but its duration of just a few seconds was too limited. A jet-powered version with longer duration was later developed, but it too proved unsuitable. Today Jet Packs are mainly used in air shows, expositions, sporting events, and movie stunts.
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2004 photos: Equipment this year: I bought two Fujifilm S7000 digital cameras. While they produced excellent images, I found all of the retractable-lens Fuji models had a disturbing tendency to get dust inside the lens. Dark blurs would show up on the images and the camera had to be sent back to the shop in order to get it fixed. I returned one of the cameras when the blurs showed up in the first month. I found myself buying extended warranties on cameras.
Trips this year: (1) Margot and I went off to Scotland for a few days, my first time overseas. (2) I went to Hawaii on business (such a deal!) and extended it, spending a week in Hawaii and another in California. (3) I went to Tennessee to man a booth and extended it to go to my third Fan Fair country music festival.
Number of photos taken this year: 110,000.
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