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Video shows the amazing moment when members of the Royal Navy flew jetpacks over New York Harbor and landed on the battleship Queen Elizabeth.
The military soars above the harbor as they make their way to HMS Queen Elizabeth, the Royal Navy’s largest and most powerful ship of all time.
Footage shows the servicemen smiling as they fly across the Atlantic with their helmet-driven weapon carrier and tactical suits waving the Union Jack flag while passengers on other ships stare in awe.
The flights, powered by innovative technology from Gravity Industries, use more than 1,000 horsepower of jet engine power to give people a flying experience “similar to the real Ironman.”
The spectacle was part of the Atlantic Future Forum (AFF) – a defense conference focusing on Anglo-American military, political and strategic relations that was held on the British warship.
Video shows the amazing moment when members of the Royal Navy flew jetpacks over New York City harbor and landed on the warship Queen Elizabeth
The military soars above the harbor as they make their way to HMS Queen Elizabeth, the Royal Navy’s largest and most powerful ship of all time
Footage shows the military members smiling as they fly across the Atlantic with their helmet-driven weapon carriers and tactical suits waving the Union Jack flag while passengers on other ships stare in awe.
HMS Queen Elizabeth served as a floating venue for the Atlantic Future Forum (AFF) – a defense conference focusing on Anglo-American military, political and strategic relations
The British manufacturer Gravity Industries successfully presented its so-called jetsuits during the AFF last month.
Alex Wilson, an aeronautical engineer, was one of the military personnel who circled the harbor during the revolutionary flight.
Reminiscent of Marvel superhero Iron Man, the suits can reach speeds of over 85 mph and can fly for more than 10 minutes.
“The team and I are realizing the vision of building Gravity into a world-class aerospace engineering company, challenging the perceived boundaries in human aviation and inspiring a generation to ask ‘what if…’ Founder and Chief Test Pilot Richard Browning said.
Browning served with the British Royal Marines before becoming a jetpack tycoon. In 2020, he flew his own 5-engine jetpack suit around the HMS Queen Elizabeth.
To date, Gravity has been experienced by more than 1 billion people worldwide. The Royal Navy has been trialling the concept of Jet Suit assault teams for about two years.
The British manufacturer Gravity Industries successfully presented its so-called jet suits at the AFF last month
Reminiscent of Marvel superhero Iron Man, the suits can reach speeds of over 85 mph and can fly for more than 10 minutes
The flights, powered by innovative technology from Gravity Industries, use more than 1000 horsepower of jet engine power to give people a flying experience “similar to the real Iron Man”
To date, Gravity has been experienced by over 1 billion people worldwide
Gravity Founder and Chief Test Pilot Richard Browning (not pictured) said: “The team and I are realizing the vision to build Gravity into a world-class aerospace engineering company, challenging the perceived boundaries in human aviation and inspiring a generation to dare to ask ‘what if…’
The Royal Navy has been trialling the concept of Jet Suit assault teams for about two years
HMS Queen Elizabeth was in New York to host the two-day AFF, which has been described as a ‘defence, security, trade and technology summit organized by the British Government’.
The forum wanted to examine “international security and the future technologies that will shape the next decade and beyond.”
Officials also sought to “strengthen the trade and economic pillars of the Euro-Atlantic alliance and strengthen our security and defense partnerships with like-minded, democratic allies.”
The 65,000-ton HMS Queen Elizabeth arrived in New York on September 25 and dropped anchor within sight of the Statue of Liberty.
The £3.2bn aircraft carrier departed from its home base in Portsmouth earlier in September to act as a stand-in for sister ship, HMS Prince of Wales – which was intended to sail to America but close to the Isle of Wight broke down after leaving.
With a length of 280 meters, a lifespan of half a century and a cockpit of 1.2 hectares, HMS Queen Elizabeth is Britain’s largest and most powerful warship ever built.