Dubai - Firemen in Dubai, are to be issued with JETPACKS

Firemen in Dubai, are to be issued with JETPACKS Flyer-fighters! Firemen in Dubai are to be issued with JETPACKS The machines have 200-hp engines that give them a top speed of 45 mph They can operate to 3,000 feet - a bit higher than the Burj Khalifa New Zealand manufacturer Martin Aircraft Company is supplying them It was either this, or a consignment of very long ladders. Dubai has moved to protect its forest of skyscrapers - which includes the world’s tallest, the 2,700ft Burj Khalifa – by ordering jetpacks for its firefighters. The city’s Directorate of Civil Defence has ordered 20 of the $200,000 machines, made by New Zealand-based Martin Aircraft Company plus two simulators for training.