Jetpack dreams

"Jetpack Dreams chronicles the colorful pop history and science of that most amazing and mysterious of machines, the jetpack." "Fueled by a fascination with the power of flight and a lifelong obsession, journalist Mac Montandon goes in search of the elusive invention. He examines the jetpack's inspiration from the first flimsy, shoulder-mounted wings, relives Bill Suitor's 1984 Olympic flight in front of billions of viewers around the world, uncovers a gruesome jetpack-driven murder in Houston, and peeks into the secret laboratories and government facilities of today to see the current state of personalized propulsion." "In Jetpack Dreams, Montandon seeks to answer two simple questions: Where is the jetpack that was promised to him, and to all of us, years ago? And if it's out there, can he catch a ride?"--Jacket.