Eight Jet Suit pilots competed in the air at Dubai Harbor on Wednesday, February 28, in the world's first race of its kind, according to event organizers.
Gravity Industries, a pioneer in the field of jet suits, organized this race in partnership with the Dubai Sports Council.
The participants, most of them pilots affiliated with Gravity Industries, competed on a circuit deployed in the air.
“It's going to involve bringing together a bunch of guys and gals, including pilots from the United Arab Emirates, who are going to push the boundaries of human and machine technology using our 1,500 horsepower Jet Suits that fly around a course of obstacles above the water, to truly deliver a spectacle that is more akin to a Marvel superhero movie than anything that has been seen before,” said founder and test pilot CEO of Gravity Industries, Richard Browning.
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First launched in 2017, the Jet Suit can now operate at speeds above 80 mph and is capable of flying over most terrain, according to organizers.
But this activity is not without risk.
In 2020, Frenchman Vince Reffect killed himself using a Jetwing, a backpack device similar to airplane wings.