<story><title>JB-9 jetpack makes debut flying around Statue of Liberty</title><url>http://www.gizmag.com/jetpack-aviation-new-york-flight/40286/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>throwaway92</author><text>I used to work for this guy, for a company called Yodel (owned by Fulfilnet). I know it&amp;#x27;s not Hacker News worthy, but he&amp;#x27;s a really awful human being and I remember him coming into the building and firing people blindly just so he could make enough money to keep his jetpack hobby alive. He&amp;#x27;s British, so he started businesses in Australia and left them running remotely so he couldn&amp;#x27;t be brought down by them.&lt;p&gt;Sorry for talking about the person and not the technology, I just can&amp;#x27;t stand by when I watched this guy really screw people over for his own personal gain.&lt;p&gt;Sources: &lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.ecommercereport.com.au&amp;#x2F;failed-businesses-yodel-blink-digital-fulfilnet-etc-re-surface-as-australian-internet-advertising-pty-limited&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.ecommercereport.com.au&amp;#x2F;failed-businesses-yodel-bl...&lt;/a&gt; &amp;lt;-- This is the interesting one. After crashing his previous businesses he started up another and bought the assets and customers under a new name, then started fresh. New company is &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.aiad.com.au&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.aiad.com.au&amp;#x2F;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Yodel_Australia&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Yodel_Australia&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.abc.net.au&amp;#x2F;news&amp;#x2F;2013-12-16&amp;#x2F;customers-left-in-the-lurch-as-internet-ad-agencies-go-bust&amp;#x2F;5159762&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.abc.net.au&amp;#x2F;news&amp;#x2F;2013-12-16&amp;#x2F;customers-left-in-the-...&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>JB-9 jetpack makes debut flying around Statue of Liberty</title><url>http://www.gizmag.com/jetpack-aviation-new-york-flight/40286/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>eadz</author><text>The competition referenced may be the Martin Jetpack. &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Martin_Jetpack&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Martin_Jetpack&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;It is listed on the ASX stock exchange, although hasn&amp;#x27;t released a product to market yet. However, I think they may be further down the line towards commercialisation.&lt;p&gt;The JB-9 looks more lightweight and fun, but the Martin has a parachute...</text></comment>