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> They're still aircraft after all, at the very least you're going to need pilots license. I think a reasonable interpretation of the promise of jetpacks would
by tshaddox 5y ago
> They're still aircraft after all, at the very least you're going to need pilots license.
I think a reasonable interpretation of the promise of jetpacks would be more like the "ultralight vehicles" category (as it's called in the United States). These vehicles require no registration or pilot certification. Some are fairly traditional rigid airplane designs (just very small and lightweight), but the category also includes powered paragliders (AKA paramotors) and some of the smaller powered parachutes.
Where I grew up in the US these were fairly common to see in the air, and no one thought it was odd that they didn't require a pilots license. Perhaps for many people in many areas the regulations or different, and it strikes them as absurd to fly aircraft without a license?
- Grimburger 5y agoIronically where I live, it's far simpler to get a private pilot's license than a provisional car license. It takes 25 hour in a plane to get a recreational license, and 120 supervised hours logged in a car, for people who don't have a relative to do the supervision and need to pay and instructor, the cost comes out more than getting a pilots license. Once that's done to be allowed on the road alone, they need to get their 2nd provisional license a year later, then full car license a year again after that, with additional tests along the way.