title: The Great American Jet Pack: The Quest for the Ultimate Individual Lift Device
author:  Steve Lehto 
description: Gilligan flew one on the island. So did James Bond, fleeing from some baddies. So did Professor John Robinson, while he was lost in space. First thought up by sf writers back in the 1920s and turned into reality in the mid1960s, the jet pack was the latest in a long line of personal flying devices that included flying shoes, wearable rockets, and a flying platform. It almost immediately entered the public consciousness, becoming a sort of pop-culture icon, the device that was going to completely change the way people got from place to place. It hasnt yet, but as Lehto says, the story of the jet packof, indeed, the quest for the perfect personal lift deviceis really part of the larger story of mans dream of flying. Its a fascinating tale, full of wild ideas and serious science (with, yes, a little kidnapping, torture, and murder), and Lehto tells it very well, focusing on the people for whom creating a functional small-scale flying machine was not just a puzzle to be solved but a calling. --David Pitt
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  # Flying Hard
  
  
  ### Santa Cruz Shifters Book 1 - Part of the Breath of Air Collection
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## Marie Booth
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Copyright © 2019 by Marie Booth
  
  
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  [Flying Hard](part0003.html#2RHM0-199c632e2cf5415c99837b1316829e63)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  1\. [Ty](part0004.html#3Q280-199c632e2cf5415c99837b1316829e63)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  2\. [Dex](part0005.html#4OIQ0-199c632e2cf5415c99837b1316829e63)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  3\. [Ty](part0006.html#5N3C0-199c632e2cf5415c99837b1316829e63)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  4\. [Dex](part0007.html#6LJU0-