List of personal aircraft
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This is a list of one-man aircraft characterized by being strapped-on or stood upon rather than sat upon or in. This would include devices that render the pilot essentially part of the aircraft but does not include one-seat conventional aircraft.
Types of personal aircraft
- Jet packJet packJet pack, rocket belt, rocket pack, and similar names are various types of devices, usually worn on the back, that are propelled by jets of escaping gases so as to allow a single user to fly....
s - Backpack helicopterBackpack helicopterA backpack helicopter is a helicopter motor and rotor and controls assembly that can be strapped to a person's back, so that he can walk about on the ground wearing it, and can use it to fly. Its harness, like a parachute harness, should have a strap between the legs, so that the pilot does not...
s - Powered hang gliderPowered Hang GliderA foot-launched powered hang glider , also called powered harness, nanolight, or hangmotor, is a powered hang glider harness with a motor and propeller in pusher configuration...
- Powered paraglider
- Hang glider
- Paraglider
Individual personal aircraft
- AerostarAerostarAerostar S.A., is an aeronautical manufacturing company based in Bacău, Romania.-History:Since its establishment in 1953, the company's name has changed in turn from U.R.A. to I.R.Av, I.Av. and finally Aerostar...
Festival - Aerothrust Velocity powered paraglider
- Baumgärtl Heliofly
- Bell Rocket BeltBell Rocket BeltThe Bell Rocket Belt is a low-power rocket propulsion device that allows an individual to safely travel or leap over small distances. It is a type of rocket pack.-Overview:...
- Bell Jet Belt
- Bell PogoBell PogoBell built several versions of the rocket POGO under contract with the NASA because it was intended to be used as a means of transportation on the moon during the Apollo missions; however NASA decided not to use the POGO because of the risk of a crash, and decided to send the Rover car instead of...
- a two-man flying platform based on the Bell Rocket Belt. - Jetpack - such as a jet-powered wing demonstrated by Yves RossyYves RossyYves Rossy is a Swiss pilot, inventor and aviation enthusiast. He is the first person to achieve sustained human flight using a jet-powered fixed wing strapped to his back...
. - Gluhareff MEG-1
- Gluhareff MEG-2
- Gluhareff MEG-3
- Hiller VZ-1 Pawnee - flying platform.
- Moore Jet vest
- Martin JetpackMartin Jetpack-References:*http://www.businessweek.com/lifestyle/content/jun2010/bw20100615_209271.htm-External links:* * *...
- Murray M-1
- Pentecost HX-1 Hoppi-Copter
- Polyot Yula
- Powered hang gliderPowered Hang GliderA foot-launched powered hang glider , also called powered harness, nanolight, or hangmotor, is a powered hang glider harness with a motor and propeller in pusher configuration...
harness - Powered paraglider harness
- PuffinPuffin (aircraft)|-See also:- External links :*NASA.gov: , 2010-02-08.*, Charles Q. Choi, Scientific American, 2010-01-19*, Discover Magazine, 2010-01-20.*, Jason Paur, Wired, 2010-01-21.*, computer graphic video....
- NASA's personal air vehicle - RB2000 Rocket Belt
- SoloTrek XFVSoloTrek XFVThe SoloTrek XFV was a single-person VTOL aircraft. It was first flown in December 2001 by Millennium Jet Inc, a private company run by Michael Moshier. Millennium Jet subsequently changed its name to Trek Aerospace Inc...
- Thiokol Jump Belt
- Williams X-JetWilliams X-JetThe Williams X-Jet, created by Williams International, was a small, light-weight Vertical Take Off and Landing system powered by a modified Williams F107 turbofan aircraft engine. This vehicle was nicknamed "The Flying Pulpit". It was designed to be operated by and carry one person and controlled...
Wasp
See also
- Roadable aircraft - for actual aircraft designed to seat one to six persons and also travel on roads