Jet pack man flies across canyon

Yesterday, we had a flying car. Today, it's a jetpack - with the news that a daredevil wearing a jet pack has flown across a 1,500-foot-wide canyon in southern Colorado.
We are living in the future, clearly.

Eric Scott took 21 seconds to cross the Royal Gorge at 75 mph on Monday, according to his sponsors, energy drink peddlers the Go Fast Sports & Beverage company.

They also say that he didn't use a parachute while flying across the 1,100-foot-deep canyon.

He was wearing a jet pack powered by hydrogen peroxide and developed by Jet Pack International.

The company developed the jet pack for stunts, promotions and other events for Go Fast - both companies are based in Denver, Colorado and were founded by entrepreneur Troy Widgery.

The jet pack design is based on one developed in the 1960s for the military.

A bridge spanning the Royal Gorge was the site of a deadly stunt in 2003 when a parachute jumper miscalculated and fell.