Glenn Martin: How an Otago grad created the world's first functional jetpack
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English - December 09, 2018 16:02 - 30 minutes - 28.4 MB - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingEntrepreneurship Business Education Self-Improvement health business wellness productivity startups finance leadership marketing interview entrepreneur Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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An exceptional individual whose story has intrigued and baffled engineers, scientists, and aviation experts around the world, Glenn Martin is the Founder of Martin Aircraft, and (perhaps more importantly) the inventor of the world's first viable jetpack, the Martin Jetpack.
Glenn studied at physiology and biochemistry at the University of Otago in the late 1970's, before working in sales in Christchurch at Douglas Pharmaceutical. He founded Martin Aircraft in 1998, but had been working on the idea many years prior!
At at mid-2015, the Martin Aircraft was able to fly more than 30 minutes at speeds up to 74 kilometres an hour and at altitudes above 3000 feet.
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