If you’re like me, then you saw the Rocketeer when you were a kid & have dreamed of owning your own rocket pack ever since.

Now, there’s been a lot of attempts to make a working personal jet pack that will allow the user to take off, fly & land without exploding into lots of tiny bits, or going haywire & flying you straight into a giant billboard. Few of them, however, have been successful & so far none have been commercially available.

Tecnologia Aeroespacial Mexicana are manufacturing the Rocket Belt: the world’s first custom designed jet pack that comes with a distillation machine so that you can produce your own rocket fuel.

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As the first legal vehicle that can be flown and driven, the Parajet Skycar will thrill you with a top speed of 140mph and 0-60mph excelleration in 4.2 seconds. The car features dynamic handling thanks to minimum weight which leads to peak performance. This Parajet Skycar is perfect for off-roading with some serious tires and suspension that provides great handling on dunes and dirt.  When the flying car takes to the air it is suspended by ram-air wings and can take off from a distance as short as 200m. It will run you a little more than $82,000.

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We can just imagine champange, music, flashing lights, beautiful women, waitresses and a raging upscale party in this luxury jet interior. The Dassault Falcon 7X Deisgn is a collaborative effort from BMW Group Designworks USA and Dassault Aviation for the Falcon 7X business jet. The design aims to make the cabin feel larger with subtle curves, a long arch on the carpet, long lines and bigger windows. We’d be happy to fly in this puppy any day. Full press release after the jump.

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Seaplanes have always offered adventure in the form of travel to the far reaches of the world where very few, if any, have traveled. And now, you can get to those destinations in classic style with Viking’s revival of the classic de Havilland Twin Otter Turboprop. The new floatplane is designed very similarly to the old one, which featured great rugged versitility, only it’s been outfitted with modern technology to imropve performance and safety.

The Twin Otter 400 series can be flown at 80 to 160 knots and is ideally suited for flying in all conditions and climates. Seating up to 19 people, the 52ft high winged, un-pressurized, twin Pratt & Whitney turbine engines will take you and a handfull of friends to the tropics, Antartica, Alaska and beyond as it can land anywhere with wheels, floats, skis or tundra tires. The Viking Twin Otter can be yours for $3.8 million.

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Sure you can drop millions on your own personal chopper.  But you won’t get as many stares as the man in the video above who built his own.  Bear through the slow intro.  Trust us, it’s worth it.  If you have more info on this homemade helicopter contraption, speak up in the comments below.

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