The gang on the television program "Lost in Space" had them. The action heroes of "Thunderbirds" had them, too, as did "The Rocketeer" and cartoon figure Jonny Quest. And if the engineers at Martin ...

One of the classic dreams of aviation is to rise into the air with a flying machine strapped to your back. The jetpack dream is so iconic that it has shown up in movies ranging from "Thunderball" to ...

There is a game some people like to play when thinking about the future. Call it “Where’s my jetpack?” We pore over science fiction from years past (often the years when we were impressionable kids) ...

As I flew uncontrollably towards the side of a mountain ridge with an experimental jetpack strapped to my back, I began to wonder if I’d made the right decision. I was going too fast. Everything was ...