Australian inventor unveils "Jetpack"

Many have dreamed of a way for them to soar above the ordinary in a flying device strapped to their body ... and many have failed.

An Australian inventor decided to buck the odds, and his bizarre creation - more a "proppack" than a "jetpack" - is to be unveiled at the legendary Oshkosh private flight event.

He even used his wife as a guinea pig, and - here's the amazing part - she loved it!

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