THE MARTIN JETPACK

Martin Aircraft Company Limited

The Jetpack has been a major goal of the aerospace industry for over fifty years, this goal has been achieved by Martin Aircraft Company, an innovative New Zealand company.

• In 1981 Glenn Martin developed a jetpack concept.  Glenn's jetpack engineering project was verified by the University of Canterbury, Mechanical Engineering Department, New Zealand.
• In 1998 the company was founded with the specific goal to research and develop a jetpack that could fly 100 times longer than the Bell Rocket Bell (26 seconds).
• A team of innovative engineers committed to producing design solutions for prototype development was recruited.
• The project captured the interest and commitment of New Zealand's Top Venture Capital Company. No 8 Ventures...( www.no8ventures.co.nz) in 2003.
• A Board of Directors was appointed in 2004 consisting of Jenny Morel, Richard Lauder and Glenn Martin. Tony Marks joined the board in 2006 and Anthony Romano in late 2008.
• In 2005, Prototype 9 achieved sustained flight times, laying the foundation for a viable and successful pre-production prototype to be developed. In 2008 the Martin Jetpack was launched.