Mumwe mugadziri David Maiman paakaenda kumatenga, aiita seaipindura zvaidiwa kare. Saka nei zvichiita sokuti hapana ane hanya nazvo?
Tine jetpacks uye hatina basa nazvo.Mumwe wekuAustralia anonzi David Maiman akagadzira jetpack ine simba ndokuitenderedza pasirese - kamwe pamumvuri weStatue of Liberty - asi vanhu vashoma vanoziva zita rake.Jetpack yake yaivepo, asi kwete. mumwe aimhanyira kuzvitora.Vanhu vave nemakumi emakore vachiti vanoda jetpacks, uye tanga tichiti tinoda kubhururuka kwezviuru zvemakore, asi chaizvoizvo?tarira kumusoro.Denga harina chinhu.
Makambani endege ari kutarisana nekushomeka kwevatyairi vendege, uye zvinogona kuwedzera.Ongororo ichangobva kuitwa yakaratidza kuti panosvika gore ra2025, tinotarisira kushomeka kwepasi rose kwevatyairi vendege 34 000.Kune ndege diki, mafambiro akafanana.Hang glider dzakanyangarika.Vagadziri ve (Mugadziri, Air Création, akatengesa motokari imwe chete muUnited States gore rapfuura.) Gore negore, tine vafambi vakawanda uye vatyairi vendege vashoma. Zvichakadaro, imwe yenzira dzinodiwa zvikuru dzekubhururuka - jetpacks - iripo, asi Mayman haagone kutariswa nemunhu.
“Makore mashomanana adarika, ndaiva nendege muSydney Harbour,” akandiudza kudaro.” Ndichiri kuyeuka ndichibhururuka pedyo zvakakwana kuti ndione vaimhanya nevanhu vaifamba-famba munzvimbo yemiti, vamwe vavo vakanga vasingatarisi kumusoro.MaJetpacks aive neruzha, saka ndinovimbisa kuti vakandinzwa.Asi ndaive Imomo, ndichibhururuka nemajetpacks, havana kutarisa kumusoro.”
Pandakanga ndava nemakore makumi mana, ndakatanga kuyedza kubhururuka chero zvandaikwanisa - zvikopokopo, ma ultralights, ma glider, hang glider. Ndagara ndichida kuita.Saka ndakaedza paragliding, skydiving.Rimwe zuva, ndakamira padivi pemugwagwa munhandare yewaini muCalifornia nyika yewaini yaipa Hondo Yenyika I ndege dzebiplane.Vakanga vasina biplanes iripo zuva iroro, asi pakanga pane WWII. bhomba, B-17G inonzi Sentimental Journey to refuel, saka ndakakwira.Mukati, ndege inoita sechikepe chekare chealuminium;yakaoma uye yakaoma, asi inobhururuka zvakanaka uye inotinhira seCadillac. Takabhururuka kwemaminetsi makumi maviri pamusoro pezvikomo zvakasvibirira uye russet, denga rakanga rakachena segungwa rakaoma nechando, uye takaita setiri kushandisa zvakanaka Svondo.
Nokuti handizivi zvandiri kuita, uye handisi shasha yemasvomhu, kuverenga mhepo, kana kuongorora madhiri kana geji, ndinoita zvinhu zvose izvi somufambi kwete mutyairi wendege. Handifi ndakava mutyairi wendege. mutyairi.Ndinoziva izvi.Vatyairi vendege vanofanirwa kuve vakarongeka uye vane nzira, ini handisi chimwe chezvinhu izvozvo.
Asi kuva nevatyairi vendege ava kwakaita kuti nditende zvikuru kune avo vakaramba vachienda - kuedza uye kufara pakubhururuka.Kuremekedza kwangu vatyairi vendege hakuna muganhu, uye kwemakore gumi apfuura, mudzidzisi wangu wechikoro chepuraimari aiva French-Canada ainzi Michael Globensky aidzidzisa ultralight. bhasikoro rine mavhiri matatu richibhururuka muPetaluma, California. Aimbodzidzisa kubhururuka, asi bhizimisi iroro rakanga rafa. Makore gumi nemashanu apfuura, mudzidzi wacho akatsakatika. , uye vamwe vadzidzi.Asi basa iroro radonha zvakanyanya.Nguva yandakapedzisira kumuona, akanga asina vana vechikoro zvachose.
Zvakadaro, tinokwira nguva zhinji. The ultralight trike yatakatyaira yakanga yakati fananei netudhudhu inogara vanhu vaviri ine oversized hang glider yakasungirirwa pairi.Ma Ultralights haana kudzivirirwa kubva kumamiriro ekunze - hapana cockpit;vose vari vaviri mutyairi wendege nevafambi vakafumurwa - saka tinopfeka majasi ematehwe emakwai, ngowani, uye magurovhosi akakora.Globensky yakakungurutswa panzira, ichimirira kuti Cessna diki uye turboprop zvipfuure, uyezve yaive nguva yedu. the ultralight inokurumidza kukurumidza, uye mushure me90 mamita, Globensky inopinza zvinyoro mapapiro kunze uye isu tiri mumhepo.Kutora kunenge kwakamira, sekite inodhonzwa kumusoro nekuvhuvhuta kwemhepo kamwe kamwe.
Patakangobva panhandare yendege, manzwiro acho akanga akasiyana-siyana uye akasiyana zvachose nekugara pane imwe ndege. Takakomberedzwa nemhepo nezuva, hapana chakamira pakati pedu nemakore neshiri sezvataibhururuka pamusoro pemugwagwa, pamusoro pemapurazi ePetaluma, uye kupinda mukati. the Pacific.Globensky anofarira kugumbatira mahombekombe ari pamusoro pePoint Reyes, uko masaisai ari pasi apa akafanana neshuga yakadururwa.Ngowani dzedu dzine maikorofoni, uye maminitsi gumi oga oga, mumwe wedu anotaura, asi kazhinji tinongova isu mudenga, takanyarara, asi apo neapo. ndichiteerera rwiyo rwaJohn Denver. Rwiyo urwu runenge nguva dzose Rocky Mountain High. Dzimwe nguva ndinoedzwa kubvunza Globensky kana taigona kurarama pasina John Denver's "Rocky Mountain Heights" - kunyanya tichifunga kuti uyu muimbi-munyori wenziyo akafa achibhururuka muedzo. ndege muMonterey, tisati tasvika kuMaodzanyemba – asi handina zvivindi. Aifarira rwiyo urwu.
Globensky akauya mupfungwa dzangu pandakanga ndakamirira munzvimbo inopaka motokari yechitoro cheRalphs muguta rakaomarara rekurima reMoorpark kumaodzanyemba kweCalifornia.Paki iyi yemotokari ndipo pakanzi Mayman naBoris Jarry, varidzi veJetpack Aviation, tisangane. ndakasaina svondo rekudzidziswa kwejetpack kwandichange ndichipfeka uye nekushandisa jetpacks (JB10) nevamwe vadzidzi vakawanda.
Asi pandakanga ndakamirira munzvimbo yekupaka, ndakasangana chete nevamwe vanhu vana - vaviri vaviri - vaivepo pamusangano wekudzidziswa. Wekutanga aive William Wesson naBobby Yancey, burly 40-somethings kubva kuOxford, Alabama, 2,000 mamaira kure. Ivo. yakamira pedyo neni musedan yekurenda."Jetpack?"vakabvunza.Ndinogutsurira, vanomira uye tinomirira.Wesson mutyairi wendege akabhururuka zvinenge zvose-ndege, gyrocopters, zvikopokopo.Iye zvino anoshanda kukambani yemagetsi yomunharaunda, zvikopokopo zvinobhururuka munzvimbo iyi uye achiongorora mitsara yakadonha.Yancey akanga ari wake. shamwari yepamoyo uye rwendo rwakanga rwakatsetseka.
Vamwe vaviri ndiJesse naMichelle. Michelle, anopfeka magirazi matsvuku, anoshungurudzika uye aripo kuti atsigire Jesse, uyo akafanana naColin Farrell uye akashanda naMaiman naJarry semugadziri wekhamera kwemakore. mumwe akapfura mufananidzo waMayman achibhururuka achitenderedza Statue of Liberty neSydney Harbour. Zvaakapiwa achiti “kopi iyo” pane kuti “hongu,” Jesse, seni, anoda kuziva nezvekufamba nendege, kubhururuka kuri pedyo – anogara ari vafambi, kwete vatyairi vendege. ndaida kubhururutsa jetpack, asi handina kumbowana mukana.
Pakupedzisira, imwe piki nhema yakatinhira ichipinda munzvimbo yekupaka uye murume murefu, mutete wekuFrance akabuda. Uyu ndiJarry. Aiva nemaziso akajeka, ndebvu, uye aigara achifarira basa rake. Ndakafunga kuti aida kusangana kuchitoro nokuti Jetpack training facility inonetsa kuwana, kana – even better – its location is top secret.but not.Jarry akatiudza kuti tiende kuRalphs, tiuye nelunch yataida, toiisa mungoro yake obva abhadhara oenda nayo nzvimbo yekudzidzira.Saka fungidziro yedu yekutanga yechirongwa cheJetpack Aviation yekudzidzira yaive yemurume murefu wechiFrench achisunda chingoro chekutenga nemuchitoro chikuru.
Pashure pokunge aisa zvokudya zvedu murori, takapinda ndokumutevera, karavhani ichipfuura nomuminda yemichero nemiriwo yeMoorpark yakati sandara, masprinkler machena achicheka mumitsara yemagreens neaquamarines. tinotora mugwagwa wedu une huruva nemuzvikomo zveremoni nemionde, topfuura eucalyptus windbreaks, uye pakupedzisira kupinda mune yakasvibira avocado purazi iri anenge 800 tsoka pamusoro pegungwa, Jetpack iri mukomboni yendege.
Chigadziko chine maeka maviri chisina munhu chakaparadzaniswa nepurazi rose nefenzi yemapuranga chena. Mukati medenderedzwa maiva nemirwi yehuni nemarata, tirakita yekare uye dzimwe dzimba dzealuminium. Jarry akatiudza. kuti murimi muridzi wemunda aimbova mutyairi wendege uye aigara muimba iri pamusoro pemuchinjiziri.” Haana basa neruzha rwacho,” Jarry akadaro, achichonya maziso kuboka reSpanish riri pamusoro.
Pakati pekomboni pane jetpack testbed, rectangle yekongiri yakaenzana nenhandare yebasketball. Vadzidzi vedu vakadzungaira kwemaminetsi mashoma vasati vawana jetpack, iyo yakanga yakaturikwa mumudziyo wekutakura semuunganidzwa wemuseum. Jetpack i chinhu chakanaka uye chiri nyore.Ine maturbojets maviri akagadziridzwa, gaba hombe remafuta uye mibato miviri - kupuruzira kurudyi uye kukwenya kuruboshwe.Jetpack zvechokwadi ine chinhu chekombuta, asi kazhinji, iri nyore uye nyore- ku-nzwisisa muchina.Inotaridzika chaizvo sejetpack isina kutambisa nzvimbo kana huremu.Ine maturbojets maviri ane simba rinosvika 375 pounds.Iine mafuta anokwana magaroni 9.5. Yakaoma, jetpack inorema 83 pounds.
Muchina uye musanganiswa wose, chaizvoizvo, haunakidzi zvachose uye pakarepo unondiyeuchidza nezveNASA - imwe nzvimbo isingafadzi zvikuru, yakavakwa uye inochengetwa nevanhu vakakomba vasina hanya nekutarisa zvachose. Nzvimbo yeCape Canaveral inoshanda zvakazara uye haina kupokana. Mari yekugadzira nzvimbo inoita sezero. Pandakatarisa kubhururuka kwekupedzisira kwechitundumuseremusere, ndakashamiswa nekushanduka-shanduka kwese nekuda kwekusaisa pfungwa dzangu pane chero chinhu chisingaenderane nebasa pa. ruoko - kuvaka zvinhu zvitsva zvinobhururuka.
KuMoorpark, takanga takagara mune kamwe kamwe kakamba kadiki, uko TV hombe yairidza mifananidzo yaJarry naMayman vachityaira maavatars akasiyana-siyana ejetpacks dzavo. Vhidhiyo iyi inovhara ndege yavo muNew York, kumaodzanyemba kweCalifornia pakutanga kwemakwikwi eFormula 1 muMonaco. .Nguva nenguva, kapfupi kubva mufirimu reJames Bond Thunderball inosunganidzwa pamwe chete kuti iite comedic effect. Jarry akatiudza kuti Mayman ari mushishi pakudanwa nevanoita mari, saka achabata mirairo inokosha.Nechirevo chinorema cheFrench, anokurukura zvinhu zvakadai se throttle uye yaw, kuchengeteka uye njodzi, uye mushure memaminitsi e15 pabhodhi chena, zvakajeka kuti takagadzirira kuisa gear yedu.Ini handisati ndagadzirira, asi ndizvo zvakanaka.Ndakasarudza kusatanga.
Chipfeko chekutanga chaive chipfeko chemukati chirefu chinodzora moto.Kozoti masokisi emvere dzemakwai anorema.Kozoitawo bhurugwa resirivheri,rakareruka asi risingapindi mumoto.Kozoita mamwe masokisi eshinda anorema.Kozoitawo majumpsuits.helmet.Fire resistant. magirovhosi.Pakupedzisira, bhutsu dzematehwe dzinorema dzicharatidza kuva kiyi pakuchengetedza tsoka dzedu kuti dzisatsva.(More info coming soon.)
Sezvo Wesson ari mutyairi wendege akarovedzwa, takasarudza kumurega kuti atange. Akakwira nhanho nhatu dzefenzi yesimbi ndokutsvedza mujetpack yake, yakanga yakaturikwa pamigero yaiva pakati petara. Jarry paakamusunga, Maiman akasvika. Ane makore 50 okukura, akaenzana zvakanaka, ane mhanza, ane maziso ebhuruu, ane maoko marefu uye anotaura zvinyoro. Akatigamuchira tose noruoko nokukwazisa, uye ipapo akavhomora gaba reparafini kubva mumudziyo wekutakura zvinhu.
Paakadzoka ndokutanga kudira mafuta mujetpack, zvakangoona kuti zvaiita sezvine ngozi sei, uye nei kuvandudzwa kwejetpack uye kugamuchirwa kwakanonoka. Isu tichizadza matangi epeturu yemotokari yedu nepeturu inopfuta zvakanyanya mazuva ese, pane - kana isu kunyepedzera. iva — chinhambwe chakasununguka pakati penyama yedu isina kusimba nemafuta anoputika aya. Asi kutakura mafuta aya kumusana, mubhegi rinobwinya rizere nemapombi nematurbine, zvinounza kumba chokwadi cheinjini inobatidza mukati. Zvisineyi, ichiri tekinoroji yakanakisa yatinayo, uye zvakatora Mayman makore gumi nemashanu, uye akawanda asina kubudirira, kuti asvike pano.
Kwete kuti akanga ari wokutanga.Munhu wokutanga parekodhi kupa patent jetpack (kana rocket pack) aiva injiniya wokuRussia Alexander Andreev, uyo aifungidzira varwi vachishandisa mudziyo kuti vasvetuke pamusoro pemadziro nemigero.Haana kumbogadzira rocket pack yake, asi vaNazi. pfungwa dzakakwereta kubva kupurojekiti yavo yeHimmelsstürmer (Storm in Heaven) - yavaitarisira kuti yaizopa mukuru weNazi kugona kusvetuka. Tinokutendai Mwari hondo yakanga yapera izvozvo zvisati zvaitika, asi pfungwa iyi ichiri kurarama mupfungwa dzemainjiniya nevagadziri.Zvisinei, iyo Kusvikira muna 1961 apo Bell Aerosystems yakagadzira Bell Rocket Strap, jetpack yakapfava yaiita kuti munhu aipfeka aende kumusoro kwemasekonzi makumi maviri nerimwe achishandisa hydrogen peroxide sehuni. akabhururuka pamusoro pemutambo wekuvhura.
Mazana emamiriyoni evanhu akatarisa demo iyi, uye vanhu havagoni kupomerwa mhosva yekufunga kuti jetpacks dzemazuva ose dziri kuuya. akadzidza kubhururuka asati adzidza kutyaira;akawana rezinesi rake rekutyaira ndege aine makore 16. Akaenda kukoreji ndokuva muzvinabhizimusi, akazotanga nekutengesa kambani yakaita seYelp, ndokutamira kuCalifornia nemhepo kuti azadzise chiroto chake chekugadzira jetpack yake.Kutanga muna 2005 , akashanda nemainjiniya paki yeindasitiri muVan Nuys, achivaka uye achiyedza kusiyana kwakakura kwehunyanzvi. Zvose izvi zvakasiyana-siyana zvejetpack zvine mutyairi mumwe chete wekuedza, kunyange zvazvo achiwana kudzidziswa kubva kuna Bill Suitor (mukomana mumwe chete akamufuridzira pa84th. Olympics).Aiva David Maiman pachake.
Shanduro dzepakutanga dzakashandisa injini dze12, ipapo 4, uye aigara achiputsika muzvivako (uye cacti) zvakapoteredza Van Nuys Industrial Park.Mushure mevhiki yakashata yekuedza ndege muAustralia, akawira papurazi reSydney rimwe zuva uye akaiswa muchipatara nekupisa kwakanyanya. kuchidya chake.Sezvaaifanirwa kubhururuka pamusoro peSydney Harbour zuva raitevera, akaburitswa ndokubhururuka nepamusoro pechiteshi chengarava kwenguva pfupi asati arovera zvakare, panguva ino ari muchinwiwa.Kumwe tsvakurudzo nekuvandudzwa kwakatevera, uye pakupedzisira, Mayman akagara pazviviri izvi. -jet design yeJB9 neJB10.Neiyi vhezheni - iyo yatiri kuyedza nhasi - hakuna kumbove nezviitiko zvikuru.
Zvakakosha kuziva, zvisinei, kuti Mayman naJarry vanobhururutsa jetpacks dzavo pamusoro pemvura chete - havasati vagadzira nzira yekupfeka zvese zviri zviviri jetpack neparachuti.
Ndosaka tiri kubhururuka netambo nhasi. Uye nei tisingapfuuri mafiti mana kubva pasi. Zvakakwana here? Ndakagara kumucheto kwetara, ndichiona Wesson achigadzirira, ndakashamisika kana chiitiko ichi-kubhururuka 4 tsoka kumusoro. kongiri—inopa chimwe chinhu chakaita sokubhururuka chaiko.Kunyange ndichifarira kubhururuka kwese kwandakatora mundege yose yandakaedza, ndinogara ndichidzokera kuchiitiko chinouya pedyo nekubhururuka kwakachena uye kunzwa kusingaremi. ndakanga ndiri pachikomo chendarama pamhenderekedzo yegungwa yeCalifornia, neuswa hwemohair, uye mumwe murume aiva mumakore ake okuma60 akanga achindidzidzisa kubhururutsa giredhi.Chokutanga, takaunganidza chibvumirano chacho, uye chinhu chiri chose pamusoro pacho chakanga chiri mbishi uye chisina kunaka—tsvina yemapango. , mabhaudhi netambo—uye pakupedzisira, ndakanga ndiri pamusoro pegomo, ndagadzirira kumhanyira pasi uye kusvetuka. Ndizvo zvazvinoita – kumhanya, kusvetuka nekuyangarara neimwe nzira sezvo seiri riri pamusoro pangu richirova nyoro. Ndakazviita kagumi nembiri zuva iroro uye handina kumbobhururuka kupfuura mamita zana kusvika masikati.Ndinozviwana ndichifunga zuva rega rega pamusoro pekusava nesimba, runyararo uye nyore kwekurembera pasi pemapapiro ecanvas, kusvetuka kweMohair Mountains pasi pangu. tsoka.
Asi ndinodzikama.Ndakagara pachituro cheplastic chiri pedyo netara zvino, ndakatarisa Wesson.Akamira pamasitepisi efenzi yesimbi, akapfeka ngowani yake, matama atova chikamu chemhino, maziso ake akati piriviri mumhino. Pakadzika pechiso chake. Pachiratidzo chaJarry, Wesson akaridza majeti, ayo aichema semadhaka. Kunhuwa kuri kupisa mafuta ejeti, uye kupisa kunokwana mativi matatu. Ini naYancey takagara pafenzi yokunze yechivanze, mukati mokupera. mumvuri wemiti yeeucalyptus, zvaiita sokumira kuseri kwendege paunenge uchisimuka panhandare yendege. Hapana anofanira kuita izvi.
Zvichakadaro, Jarry akamira pamberi paWesson, achishandisa masaini uye kufambisa musoro kumutungamirira kumusoro uye pasi, kuruboshwe nekurudyi.Kunyange zvazvo Wesson aidzora jeti nokugwinha-gwinha uye kushama muromo, maziso ake haana kumbobvisa maziso ake pana Jarry—akanga akakiyirwa sejeti. boxer ane hits 10. Akafamba nekuchenjerera kutenderera tara, kwete kupfuura mamita mana kumusoro, uye ipapo, nokukurumidza zvikuru, yakanga yapera.Ndiyo nhamo yejetpack teknolojia.Havagoni kupa mafuta akakwana ekubhururuka kweanopfuura. Maminetsi masere — kunyangwe iriwo muganho wepamusoro. Parafini inorema, inopisa nekukurumidza, uye munhu anogona kungotakura zvakawanda. chiedza uye simba rinoshanda zvakakwana kuita zviri nani pane parafini, asi, ikozvino, unogumira kune zvaunogona kutakura, izvo zvisiri zvakawanda.
Wesson akazvambarara pachigaro chepurasitiki padivi peYancey mushure mekunzvenga jetpack yake, yakanyungudika uye ichikamhina. Akabhururuka dzinenge mhando dzese dzendege nechikopokopo, asi "izvo," akadaro, "chaive chinhu chakaomesesa chandati ndamboita."
Jesse akaita basa guru nekubhururuka achikwira nekudzika nekuraira kwakanaka, asi akabva aita chimwe chinhu chandaisaziva kuti taifanira kuita: akasvikomhara patara. kazhinji kumhara - asi nemajetpacks, chimwe chinhu chisingafadzi chinoitika kana vatyairi vendege vakamhara pakongiri.Magetsi ejeti ari kumisana yevatyairi vendege anofuridza exhaust pa800 degrees kusvika pasi, uye kupisa uku hakuna kwekuenda asi kunovhenekerwa nekunze, kuchipararira munzira. Kana Jesse akamira kana kuti anomhara pamatanho, mhepo inogona kubudiswa pasi pamatanho akakomberedzwa uye yakapararira pasi. yakarwisa tsoka dzake, mhuru dzake.Jarry naMaiman vanopinda mukuita.Maiman anoshandisa remote kudzima turbine uku Jarry achiuya nebhakiti remvura.Mumwe kudzidzira kufamba, anotungamira tsoka dzaJesse, bhutsu nezvimwe zvese mukati. haibude mubhabhu, asi chidzidzo chichiri kudzidzwa.Usamhara patara injini ichimhanya.
Yakasvika nguva yangu ndakabva ndatsika pamasteps esimbi ndokutsvedzerera nedivi ndichipinda mujetpack yakarembera pamapombi.Ndainzwa kurema payainge yarembera pamboro asi Jarry paakaiisa kumusana yainge yorema. .The packaging yakanyatsogadzirirwa kunyange uremu kugovera uye nyore kutarisira, asi 90 makirogiramu (yakaoma pamwe nemafuta) haisi jee.Zvinofanira kutaurwa kuti mainjiniya kuMayman vakaita basa rakanakisa nechiyero uye intuitiveness yezvinodzora. Pakarepo, zvakanzwa zvakanaka, zvese izvo.
Ndiko kuti, kusvika kusvika kune mabheji uye mabhanhire.Kune mabheji akawanda uye mabhanhire anokodzera sesutu yekudenga, achisimbisa kusimba kwegomba.Ndisati ndataura pamusoro pechinhu chipi nechipi pamusoro pekusimbisa groin, Jarry ari kutsanangura throttle, iyo iri kuruoko rwangu rworudyi. , kupa mafuta akawanda kana mashoma kujet turbine.Kudzora kweruoko rwangu rworuboshwe ndiko, kutungamirira jet exhaust kuruboshwe kana kurudyi.Pane mamwe magetsi uye geji zvakabatanidzwa pamubato, asi nhasi, ndichawana ruzivo rwangu rwese kubva Jarry.Sezvakaitwa naWesson naJesse pamberi pangu, matama angu akapinzwa mumhino dzangu, uye ini naJarry takasanganidzana maziso, takamirira chero murairo muduku waizondibatsira kuti ndisafa.
Maiman vakazadza parafini mubhegi ravo ndokudzokera padivi petara neremote muruoko.Jerry akabvunza kuti ndakanga ndagadzirira here.Ndakamuudza kuti ndakanga ndagadzirira.Jets dzinopisa.Inoita sechamupupuri cheCategory 5 chiri kupinda nemudrain.Jarry anoshandura throttle isingaoneki uye ndinotevedzera mafambiro ake nemhepo chaiyo.Inzwi riri kuwedzera.Anoshandura throttle yake yakawanda, ini ndinoshandura yangu.Iye zvino ruzha rwave papitch pitch uye ndinonzwa kusundirwa kumashure kwemhuru yangu. .Ndakatora zvishoma zvishoma mberi uye ndakaunza makumbo angu pamwe chete. (Ndicho chikonzero makumbo evatakuri vejetpack akaoma semasoja ematoyi - chero kukanganisa kunokurumidza kurangwa ne 800-degree jet exhaust.) Jarry anoteedzera zvakanyanya throttle, ndinopa zvimwe. kufema, uye ipapo ndiri kusiya pasi zvishoma nezvishoma. Hazvina kufanana nekusarema zvachose. Pane kudaro, ndakanzwa pondo yangu yega, kuti yakatora sei kuti ini ndive ini uye muchina.
Jerry akandiudza kuti ndikwire kumusoro. Imwe tsoka, mbiri, ipapo nhatu. Sezvo jeti dzakatinhira uye parafini ichitsva, ndakatenderera, ndichifunga kuti kwakanga kuri kunoshamisa kworuzha uye dambudziko raiyangarara 36 inches kubva pasi. chimiro, kubatanidza mhepo uye kugona kukwira, inongova brute force.Izvi zviri kuparadza nzvimbo kuburikidza nekupisa uye ruzha.Uye zvakaoma chaizvo.Kunyanya apo Jarry anoita kuti ndifambe-famba.
Kutendeutsa kuruboshwe nekurudyi kunoda kushandura yaw - kubata kweruoko rwangu rwekuruboshwe, uko kunofambisa kwakananga kune jetted exhaust. Pachega, zviri nyore. tara sezvakaita Jesse.Hazvisi nyore kugadzirisa yaw angle uchichengeta throttle yakasimba uchichengeta makumbo akaoma uye akatarisa mumaziso aJarry ecstatic.Inoda kutarisisa kwemoyo wose, iyo yandinofananidza nehombe yemafungu.( Handisati ndamboita big wave surfing.)
Zvadaro mberi neshure.Iri ibasa rakasiyana zvachose uye rakaoma zvikuru.Kuti aenderere mberi, mutyairi wendege aifanira kufambisa mudziyo wose.Fungidzira muchina wetriceps uri mujimu.Ndaifanira kurereka jetpack—zvose zvaiva kumusana kwangu—kubva muviri wangu. Kuita zvinopesana, kukwevera mubato kumusoro, kuunza maoko angu pedyo nemapfudzi angu, kushandura jets kumakumbo angu, kundidzorera shure. Sezvo ini ndisina chandinoziva pamusoro pechinhu chipi nechipi, handisi kuzotaura pamusoro pehuchenjeri hweinjiniya. ;Ndichangoti handizvifarire uye ndinoshuva kuti dai zvaita kunge throttle uye yaw - zvakanyanya otomatiki, zvinoteerera, uye zvishoma Kupisa (funga blowtorch pabhota) ganda remhuru dzangu nezviziso zvemakumbo.
Mushure mokubhururuka kwega kwega kwekuedza, ndaidzika nhanho, ndobvisa ngowani yangu, ndogara naWesson naYancey, tichiita ruzha uye kuneta. .Patakaona kuti Jesse akanga ari nani zvishoma, apo zuva rakanyura pasi pemutsara wemuti, takakurukura zvataigona kuita kuti tivandudze, uye kushandiswa kwese kwemuchina uyu.Nguva yemazuva ano yekubhururuka ipfupi uye yakaoma zvikuru. Asi ndozvazvakaitawo neveWright Brothers - uyezve vamwe. Motokari yavo yekutanga yekufambisa yemhepo yakanga yakaoma zvikuru kubhururuka kune chero ani zvake kunze kwavo ivo, uye makore gumi apfuura pakati pekuratidzira kwavo uye yekutanga inoshanda musika-ndege inogona kufambiswa nendege. ani zvake .Zvichakadaro, hapana anozvifarira. Kwemakore mashoma ekutanga erwendo rwavo rwendege, vakapinza zip pakati pemigwagwa miviri yemahara muDayton, Ohio.
Mayman naJarry vachiri kuzviwana vari pano.Vakaita basa rakaoma rekugadzira, kuvaka, uye kuedza jetpack iri nyore uye intuitive zvakakwana kuti Rube akaita seni abhururuke mumamiriro ezvinhu anodzorwa.Nekudyara kwakakwana, vanogona kuderedza mari zvakanyanya, uye ivo vangangove vakakwanisa kugadzirisa dambudziko renguva yekubhururuka zvakare.Asi, ikozvino, Jetpack Aviation boot camp ine vatengi vaviri vanobhadhara, uye vamwe vese vevanhu vanopa vaviri vechiratidzo kubatana.
Mwedzi wekudzidzira, ndakanga ndigere pamba ndichiedza kupedzisa nyaya iyi pandakaverenga imwe nhau yekuti jetpack yakanga yaonekwa ichibhururuka mamita 5 000 pedyo neLos Angeles International Airport. "Murume wejet adzoka," akadaro. LAX's air traffic controller, sezvo yanga isiri yekutanga kuona. Zvinoitika kuti zvingangoita zvishanu zvakaonekwa zvejetpack zvakanyorwa pakati paNyamavhuvhu 2020 naNyamavhuvhu 2021 - mazhinji acho muSouthern California, munzvimbo dziri pakati pe3,000 ne6,000 tsoka.
Ndakatumira Mayman email kuti ndibvunze zvaaiziva pamusoro pechiitiko ichi, ndichitarisira kuti murume uyu asinganzwisisike wejetpack anga ari iye. Nekuti ndinofunga kuti murume ane mutoro, ari kubhururuka zvakanyanya, zvinoita sekunge zvisingaite mumhepo shoma, asi zvakare, California haina. rekodhi kuti chero munhu upi zvake, ndoda kukwanisa kubhururuka, nejetpack.
Vhiki rapfuura uye handisati ndanzwa kubva kuna Mayman. Mukunyarara kwake, dzidziso dzemusango dzinokura. Chokwadi aive iye, ndakafunga. Iye chete ndiye anokwanisa kutiza kudaro, uye iye chete ane chinangwa. Mushure mekuedza tora pfungwa dzepasirese kuburikidza nenzira dzakananga — semuenzaniso, mavhidhiyo eYouTube nezviziviso muWall Street Journal — akamanikidzwa kuita utsinye. superhero alter ego Tony Stark, akamirira kusvika nguva chaiyo kuti aratidze kuti aive iye.
"Ndinoshuva kuti dai ndave neruzivo rwezviri kuitika pedyo neLAX," Mayman akanyora. "Hapana mubvunzo kuti vatyairi vendege vakaona chimwe chinhu, asi ndinokahadzika zvakanyanya kuti yaive jet-turbine powered jetpack.Vakanga vasina simba rekukwira kusvika mamita 3 000 kana 5 000, kubhururuka kwechinguva ndokuzoburuka uye kumhara.Ini chete ndinofunga inogona kunge iri drone yemagetsi ine inflatable mannequin inoita kunge munhu akapfeka jetpack. "
Chimwe chakavanzika chinonaka chichangobva kunyangarika.Pangangove hapazove nendege dzinopandukira varume vanobhururuka mumhepo yakaganhurirwa, uye isu pamwe hatizove nejetpacks zvedu pachedu muhupenyu hwedu, asi tinogona kugadzirisa varume vaviri vakangwarira chaizvo jet, Mayman naJarry, avo. apo neapo vanotandara muAvocado Fly vachitenderedza purazi, kana chete kuratidza kuti vanogona.
Imwe neimwe naDave Eggers inoburitswa nePenguin Books, £12.99.Kutsigira The Guardian neThe Observer, odha kopi yako paGuardianbookshop.com.Muripo wekutumira unogona kushanda.
Nguva yekutumira: Jan-27-2022