Amazing footage has captured servicemen from the Royal Marines flying over the Recent York Harbor and landing on the flagship aircraft carrier.
The video — captured on Oct. 1 –– shows the ‘Iron Men’ flying onto HMS Queen Elizabeth waving a flag with a Union Jack on it.
Within the incredible scene, the servicemen fly over the Atlantic within the suits — which may reach speeds of greater than 85 mph and stay airborne for over 10 minutes — before landing, much to the delight of amazed onlookers.
The jetpacks were made using modern technology from Gravity Industries and the Royal Marines have been testing out the Jet Suit for assault teams for about two years.
In accordance with Gravity Industries, the jetpacks utilize greater than 1000 bhp of Jet Engine power to present people an “intense and enthralling spectacle,” adding it’s “often likened to the real-life Ironman.”
The Jetpacks are made by British ex-Marine inventor Richard Browning, who said, “The team and I are delivering on the vision to construct Gravity right into a world-class aeronautical engineering business, challenge perceived boundaries in human aviation, and encourage a generation to dare ask ‘what if.’”
HMS Queen Elizabeth has arrived in Recent York at the tip of September ahead of its deployment to the US to host the Atlantic Future Forum (AFF), a defense conference concerning the Anglo-American military, political and strategic relations between the 2 nations.
The 2-day conference was held on the flagship carrier, and it’s the primary time it has been back to Recent York in 4 years.
Dame Karen Pierce, the UK’s Ambassador to the US, said the HMS Queen Elizabeth is a “unbelievable” demonstration of the “close working relationship” between the UK and the US.
“The welcome which has been offered to the UK’s flagship by our American hosts is testament to the strength and currency of the connection between our two nations,” AFF director Stephen Watson said.