[Hot Tabasco]

but a lot of people will die on these things too.

Which Wright brother you talking to, Wilbur or Orville?

[valkyry1]

Well just for starters the Wright Flyer had wings and a glide ratio, in fact it was based on their glider designs. The Wright Flyer sustained level flight with only a 12 horsepower engine.

With this jet pack if there is any problem at all in the engine/propulsion system you are going to drop like a guy with no parachute on until you hit the ground (with no airframe structure to protect and absorb some of the crash forces)

People such as yourself who make such comparisons only reveal you know not of what you are talking about, or such obvious concepts would not be lost on you guys. Its rather lames actually, and there is always an abundance of such comments here on the FR.