Posted on 04/10/2016 3:00:14 PM PDT by DrJeff
DENVER — The 27-year old vice president of Jet Pack International was released from the University of Colorado Hospital on Saturday afternoon after a his jet pack crash a day earlier.
Nick Macomber was doing a test flight on the property of Go Fast, a Denver energy drink company in the 2600 block of West Eighth Avenue, when he lost control of the jet pack and fell Friday morning.
“The guy was bleeding, he had head wounds where he had blood gushing on his face, he was spitting out blood. It looks like he had landed on his knees and he couldn’t get up,” said Alison McCoy, who works next door at Premier Roofing and came running over moments after the accident. “They always have protective gear, helmet the whole shebang, but nobody seemed to notice that this time.”
Macomber said by phone that he landed on his head, has a broken jaw, 27 stitches and was scalped on the right side of his head.
Troy Widgery, the CEO of Jet Pack International, said Macomber wasn’t wearing a helmet at the time of the accident.
“No, he should’ve been wearing a helmet, but he’s so good and again this was just a test flight,” Widgery said
Widgery said Macomber had flown a jet pack more than 400 times from China to Ireland.
In June 2014, Macomber took off in a jet pack from the top of Denver’s Four Seasons Hotel.
“I hopped in the machine. I was dumb enough to try it, smart enough to figure it out,” he said then.
Yeah, just a test flight. I mean, it's not like he was going to actually go up into the air or anything... oh...
How long does it take the jet pack to fly from China to Ireland?
About a henweigh.... (old joke)
*sigh* OK...
What’s a henweigh?
somebody had to do it.
How Long is a Chinaman? (One bad old joke deserves another)
thank you folks, I'll be here all week with all original content /sarc
He's so good but he's not THAT good.
Wow, I didn't know they carried enough fuel for a 5,000 mile trip. Maybe he was equipped with drop tanks. Also, you'd think he could have added a few more destinations...wouldn't 400 visits to Ireland and China get a bit boring?
Irish bull perhaps
Irish bull perhaps
Duh! Never ride without it!
Never!
I speak from experience.
“Roger Ramjet, he’s our man...”
Widgery said Macomber had flown a jet pack more than 400 times from China to Ireland.Wow, how'd he get across the water, since these things only go 800 feet at a time? /sarc
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