--- title: Jetpack Flies Around Statue of Liberty: 'World's Only' description: Personal flight technology soared to whole new levels recently when Jetpack Aviation unveiled its JB-9 jetpack. canonical: https://time.com/4108970/worlds-only-jetpack-circles-statue-of-liberty/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-11-11T20:54:07.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:47:56.562Z og:title: The 'World's Only Jetpack' Circled the Statue of Liberty og:description: It can keep users in the air for around 10 minutes og:url: https://time.com/4108970/worlds-only-jetpack-circles-statue-of-liberty/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1870c9b01e5541e5/698870a05f570f5109b1e48e/jetpack-statue-of-liberty.jpg?branch=production&width=1080&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Statue of Liberty og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The 'World's Only Jetpack' Circled the Statue of Liberty twitter:description: It can keep users in the air for around 10 minutes twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1870c9b01e5541e5/698870a05f570f5109b1e48e/jetpack-statue-of-liberty.jpg?branch=production&width=1080&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Watch the 'World's Only Jetpack' Circle the Statue of Liberty ## Video: What is the safest place to sit on a plane? [Watch (HLS stream): What is the safest place to sit on a plane?](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/bJ6pkbGM.m3u8) (1:50)  _Published 2015-06-24. Where you should sit next time you get onboard_  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Nov 11, 2015 8:54 PM UTC  Statue of Liberty silhouetted at dawn Statue of Liberty silhouetted at dawnWIN-Initiative/Getty  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Nov 11, 2015 8:54 PM UTC Personal flight technology soared to whole new levels recently when Jetpack Aviation unveiled its JB-9 jetpack, “the world’s only real jetpack,” according to[ the company](http://jetpackaviation.com). And what better way to show off the invention than to take it on a maiden voyage around the Statue of Liberty? David Mayman, the Australian inventor of the JB-9, debuted his device by flying it over the Hudson River and around the iconic New York landmark on Nov. 3\. The jetpack runs on kerosene, uses small-scale airplane engines and can keep users floating in the air for around 10 minutes, according to [Gizmag](http://www.gizmag.com/jetpack-aviation-new-york-flight/40286/). However, Mayman said that his company’s description of “world’s only jetpack” depends on someone’s definition of the term. “As far as we’re concerned, a jetpack is something that you can take off and land from vertically,” he told [Hack](http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/hack/stories/s4349808.htm), an Australian Broadcasting Corporation podcast. “So if you can imagine walking out your front door and being able to take off from your porch.” Check out the video of the flight below: ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4108970/worlds-only-jetpack-circles-statue-of-liberty/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4108970/worlds-only-jetpack-circles-statue-of-liberty/"},"headline":"Watch the 'World's Only Jetpack' Circle the Statue of Liberty","datePublished":"2015-11-11T20:54:07.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-04T07:47:56.562Z","description":"It can keep users in the air for around 10 minutes","url":"https://time.com/4108970/worlds-only-jetpack-circles-statue-of-liberty/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Technology","New York","NYC","flight","statue of liberty"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1870c9b01e5541e5/698870a05f570f5109b1e48e/jetpack-statue-of-liberty.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1870c9b01e5541e5/698870a05f570f5109b1e48e/jetpack-statue-of-liberty.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Statue of Liberty","caption":"Statue of Liberty silhouetted at dawn","creditText":"WIN-Initiative/Getty","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4108970/worlds-only-jetpack-circles-statue-of-liberty/","name":"Watch the 'World's Only Jetpack' Circle the Statue of Liberty"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"What is the safest place to sit on a plane?","description":"Where you should sit next time you get onboard","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/bJ6pkbGM/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-06-24T19:59:50.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/bJ6pkbGM.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4108970/worlds-only-jetpack-circles-statue-of-liberty/","duration":"PT1M50S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4108970/worlds-only-jetpack-circles-statue-of-liberty/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```