Episode 435 - The Strange Tale of the RB2000

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A decades-long saga involving a failed military weapons project, carnies, stuntmen, methheads, a possible international drug smuggler, a murder, and, of course, a jet pack.

SOURCES:

Brown, Paul (2009). The Rocketbelt Caper: A True Tale of Invention, Obsession and Murder

Mullins, Justin (October 2005) "The Ups and Downs of Jet Packs. New Scientist. No. 2519

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/air-space-magazine/the-rocketbelt-caper-56202480/

https://rocketbelts.americanrocketman.com/history.html

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-apr-26-me-23415-story.html

https://slate.com/human-interest/2014/03/where-eagles-dare-the-jetpack-mystery.html

https://www.deseret.com/1999/7/28/19457763/rocket-belt-still-missing-but-feud-lives-on/