Hanging out at the First Annual Rocketbelt Convention

A few rocketbelts were sold to be used during evacuations; but, for the most part, rocketbelt sales never took off (pun intended).

Hal Graham, for the first time ever, told a story about a particular sales pitch that ended in his being unconscious and hanging upside down from a platform some 30 feet off the ground after attempting to fly off of a Centaur tower. Unfortunately, the design of the Centaur tower was such that the exhaust from the rocketbelt threw Hal backwards, where he hit is head and was knocked unconscious. It was shortly after this event that Hal retired from rocketbelt flights.

In all, the rocketbelt convention was an amazing forum culminating from 40+ years of scientific study and hobbyist play. True the rocketbelt is a bit of an enigma and an anachronism that does not have a time into which it truly fits, but, inspired by a dream, and dream inspiring, the rocketbelt lives on in the hearts and minds of all those who attended the 1st annual rocketbelt convention.

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Billy Paul

For more information :

The history of the Bell rocketbelt

How a rocketbelt works

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