New Zealand-based, Martin Aircraft Company Limited is an aviation manufacturing company that develops jet-packs which cost an average of $200,000 dollars. They look similar to a mini-helicopter and can reach a maximum altitude of 3,000 feet, a top speed of 46 mph, and can stay in the air for 45 minutes.
David Mayman is the CEO of the Los Angeles-based Jetpack Aviation who has the Speeder, the world’s first flying motorcycle in development. Jetpack Aviation, established in 2016, has only built five jetpacks. None of them have been sold.
Last Thursday, Mayman said that he doesn’t believe what the pilots and crew saw in the sky, were jetpack-flying people.
“There are only a handful of companies working on this type of technology, and none of us have heard about anybody doing something like this,” he said.
“The question is,” he added, “why the heck would you go fly around LAX? You need to have your head read. That’s a catastrophic accident waiting to happen.”
Mayman also noted that all the Jetpack Aviation jetpacks are currently under “lock and key.” And he and his chief engineer are the only ones with keys.
Investigations continue
It’s still unknown what kind of jetpack was supposedly seen in both sightings near LAX. It is also a mystery who was that jetpack-flying man.
