Bell
Textron Jet Pack
(Thunderball, Die Another Day)
Vehicle: Bell
Textron Jet Pack
Movie: Thunderball, Die Another Day
Owner: James Bond
Status: Stored at Q-Branch
Perhaps the most usefull vehicle during the Thunderball mission,
the jet pack strapped onto the pilots back and was about the size
of two large scuba diving tanks.
Use
Bond used the jet pack to escape from a French chateau after
he killed Jacques Boiter. He strapped on the pack a took of into
the air and over the roof tops and down to where his pickup Mademoiselle
La Porte was waiting. He unstrapped the pack and threw it into
the boot of his car.
The jet pack makes a brief appearence in the Die Another Day
briefing, where Q has installed some improvements.
Specs
The jet pack consisted of two tanks filled with propellant and
a turbine thruster. It could fly through the air at high speed
up to 600 feet.
