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	NASM Space Artifacts: Rocket Belt
		However, the 20 + second duration of the rocket fuel required for the belt was found to be too short-lived for the device to be practical and the idea was abandoned.
		The concept of a rocket belt stretches back to science fiction of the late 1920's comic strip hero "Buck Rogers" who is supposed to have travelled this way in the far future.
		The rocket belt is not to be confused with the Manned Maneuvering Unit (MMU) used by astronauts in space which was a totally different technological development.
	www.nasm.si.edu /research/dsh/artifacts/RM-RocketBelt.htm (1149 words)

	No. 1092: Rocket Belt
		It was the rocket belt, a ring of downward-facing jets you could strap on and use to fly away.
		He and his 25th-century rocket belt have been the stuff of comic books and movies ever since.
		But now the line between Buck Rogers's rocket belt and a small airplane was seriously blurred.
	www.uh.edu /engines/epi1092.htm (462 words)

	Compare Prices and Read Reviews on Pilotwings for Nintendo 64 at Epinions.com
		Rocket belt on Class A requires that you land on 9 floating targets and then land and the other challenge is that you pass though 9 rings and then land.
		The rocket belt requires that you puch a giant ball into a goal, pop all baloons in the air, and that you have to fly through every ring on the island.
		The rocket belt requires that you fly through a cavern and then fly through a gold ring, push the green ball into the goal area, then you have to land on the floating pads in order.
	www.epinions.com /content_8121126532 (717 words)

	Motor Transport Corps
		The Rocket Belt is a low-power rocket propulsion device that allows an individual to safely travel or leap over small distances.
		Despite its popularity, the rocket belt was limited in its potential uses to the Army due to limited fuel storage.
		The Rocket Belt on display in the Transportation Museum is the one flown by Peter Kedzierski,
	www.transchool.eustis.army.mil /Museum/Jetbelt.htm (422 words)

	Rocket Belts of Tecnologia Aeroespacial Mexicana
		The Rocket Belt is NOT a machine that you can make and fly easily, if someone offers to you plans or parts to make a "cheap" Rocket Belt ask for a demonstration and see an actual flight, don't be the test pilot of a deadly machine.
		The 20 + second duration of the rocket fuel required for the belt was found to be too short-lived for the device to be practical for combat, and the idea was abandoned.
		This was my first free flight in the white and blue rocket belt after only 14 tethered flights and this is thanks to my new design that is super stable and easier to fly.
	www.tecaeromex.com /ingles/RB-i.htm (766 words)

	New ideas for Flight packs
		In MOUT operations such rocket packs could be used to insert assault teams onto the upper floors or roofs of buildings, allowing them to house clear downwards, forcing the enemy into the killing ground of the street.
		During an assault on entrenchments rocket packs can be used for a localized form of vertical envelopment, allowing simultaneous attacks to both the front and rear of a position.
		powered rocket belt, and this is to equip helicopter winchmen with such a device.
	www.angelfire.com /art/enchanter/rocketpack.html (640 words)

	Canceled Flight
		The Rocket Belt, designed by engineer Wendell F. Moore, was a kind of hard-frame backpack powered by two hydrogen-peroxide fuel tanks (with long exhaust pipes trailing off on either side of the wearer) and controlled with motorcycle-like handgrips.
		The museum owns the Bell Aerosystems Rocket Belt No. 2, which is slated for display at the Dulles Center, in conjunction with the Smithsonian, scheduled to open in the year 2003.
		Rocket Belts, with their 20-second flight duration, are still used for show-business purposes; memorably, in 1984, millions watching the opening ceremonies of the summer Olympic Games witnessed a former Bell pilot, Bill Suitor, descending into the Los Angeles Coliseum, trailing clouds of white exhaust behind him.
	partners.nytimes.com /library/magazine/home/20000611mag-phenomenon.html (1298 words)

	NVA Standoff Attacks in Vietnam (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Rockets were grouped into firing batteries of six rockets and located twenty meters from the other rocket groups.
		A 122mm rocket battalion was equipped with three rocket batteries (one battery per company), each of which had six launchers or a capability of the battalion to launch 18 rockets in one salvo.
		In the case of the 107mm rocket, this capability varied from one to twelve rockets from each salvo, dependent upon the launcher used, the number of units, and the availability of rockets.
	www.gruntonline.com /TheWar/Tactics/tactics7.htm (3362 words)

	Lawsuit seeks to unravel mystery of long-lost rocket belt - 7/27/99
		One is dead, while another is a suspect in his slaying and faces a trial this week in a lawsuit brought by the third partner accusing him of absconding with their invention to keep the profits to himself.
		In the 1965 movie "Thunderball," James Bond straps on a rocket belt and quips that "no well-dressed man should be without one." It was the entertainment world's first glimpse of a real such gadget, which later appeared in dozens of commercials, movies and at special events such as the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles.
		As for the rocket belt, Barker refuses to discuss its whereabouts.
	www.photoman.pavc.com /pub/public_set/Carnaval_Rio_2001/rb2000/07270131.htm (894 words)

	The Rocketman
		The Rocketman, Ky Michaelson at the young age of 66 years old, has taken on a new challenge, and that is to build a hydrogen peroxide rocket powered belt.
		As Ky builds the rocket belt, he is going to document the whole procedure and write a book on how to build the rocket belt.
		Ky’s main goal is to fly the belt, and show the world that you to can build your own rocket belt for less than the cost of a new motorcycle.
	www.the-rocketman.com /rocketbelt.html (211 words)

	US Defence against Standoff Attacks - Combat Experiences and Lessons Learned (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The rockets were fired in volleys from the line of launchers located at grid coordinates AT965697 firing first, followed by the rockets located at grid coordinates AT966695.
		One rocket jammed in the launch tube, causing the tube to be fired with the rocket, leaving the mounting board behind secured in position by stabilizing ropes.
		The enemy was forced to launch his rockets from improvised launchers because of the need for maximum security while infiltrating the rocket belt.
	www.gruntonline.com /TheWar/Tactics/tactics8a.htm (2437 words)

	Every high-flier needs a rocket belt \| Uk News \| News \| Telegraph
		The belt is a copy of the gadget created by Wendell Moore, an engineer at the American firm Bell Aerosystems, in 1961.
		The 52-year-old said the main difference between his belt and the James Bond version is the use of modern materials such as carbon fibre, Kevlar and titanium.
		Mr Lozano believes the belt could also be an investment for entrepreneurs who could fly it in TV commercials or at event openings.
	www.telegraph.co.uk /news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/04/02/nrocket02.xml (482 words)

	Rocket belt
		In the 1960's Bell Aerosystems caught the public imagination with a series of rocket and jet-powered rocket belts.
		Rocket belt-equipped fliers became a symbol of the future and a fixture at World Fairs, football games, etc. But the technology was too expensive and limited to ever be adopted for military or civilian terrestrial purposes.
		Small rocket lift device demonstrated publicly for the first time at Fort Eustis, Va., a rocket belt developed by Bell Aerosystems, which lifted Harold M. Graham in a controlled free flight to an altitude of 15 feet and a standup landing 150 feet from his starting point.
	www.astronautix.com /lvs/roctbelt.htm (191 words)

	Street Tech (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		As Graham engages the belt's throttle an immense blast of steam erupts from the rocket nozzles.
		Originally conceived in 1953 by a wildly inventive Bell engineer named Wendell F. Moore, the rocket belt was part of an Army contract to create a "small rocket lifting device" that could improve soldier mobility and maneuverability.
		A funky thing built mainly from scrap and off-the-shelf parts, the rocket belt consisted of fuel tanks, handlebars, a control throttle and a pair of rocket nozzles.
	www.streettech.com /print.php?sid=1126 (558 words)

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		He flew his rocket belt in the James Bond movie Thunderball (that was him and partner Gordon Yaeger, not Sean Connery, flying) and the TV shows Lost In Space and The Fall Guy.
		Now his rocket belt is stored in the attic of the Niagara Aerospace Museum in Niagara Falls, N.Y., more relic than reality, with only a replica on display in the museum's exhibition area.
		The rocket belt was the first phase of Bell's research, conducted to prove a soldier without piloting experience could fly.
	www.mi6.co.uk /news/index.php?itemid=2099&catid=4 (1628 words)

	AmericanHeritage.com / THE ROCKET BELT
		The fuel used in the rocket belt was 90 percent pure hydrogen peroxide, along with pressurized nitrogen gas to move it through the system.
		The prototype Bell developed was a jet belt, not a rocket belt, and it could stay aloft for up to twenty minutes with a range measured in miles, as opposed to the rocket belt’s 860 feet.
		As the 1980s wore on, he could have booked the rocket belt every day of the year, but for one problem: Hydrogen peroxide fuel of 90 percent purity, which had been available up to 1984, was no longer being manufactured in the United States.
	www.americanheritage.com /articles/magazine/it/1996/4/1996_4_46.shtml (2595 words)

	RB 2000 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		During the 35 years since the original Bell rocket belts flew, scientists and engineers have made: continuous improvements in the strength-to-weight of the old standby materials; all new super strong composite materials; and materials with ever higher temperature capabilities.
		These innovations enabled them to create a lighter belt that could in turn carry more propellant and still be reasonably comfortable for the pilot to carry on his back.
		Famous Rocket Belt Pilot, Bill Suitor, prepares for the first public flight of the brand new RB 2000.
	www.canosoarus.com /07RocketBelt/Rocket02.htm (370 words)

	US Defence against Standoff Attacks - Countermeasures Adopted (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		If the enemy was denied the opportunity to enter or move within the rocket belt, his standoff attack capabilities could be contained.
		They were also used to vector patrols or ambush teams within the rocket belt proper and to enemy trails or access routes to these positions.
		The activities of these teams provided for surveillance and/or ambush activities along avenues of approach to the rocket belt such as waterways, trails and suspected launch sites, with particular attention being given to those areas where other types of coverage were not adequate or where pre-cleared fire zones could not be established.
	www.gruntonline.com /TheWar/Tactics/tactics8c.htm (3074 words)

	Flying contraptions for one
		The Bell Rocket Belt, as it was called, was the device that Suitor first began flying with an 'in-air' time limit of 21 seconds.
		The fuel for the Rocket Belt is hydrogen peroxide.
		Bell itself, later in the sixties, developed a Jet Belt that could fly for 20 minutes instead of 20 seconds and was powered by a jet engine and not a rocket.
	www.exn.ca /FlightDeck/News/story.cfm?ID=19990512-55 (986 words)

	Rocket belt links US (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Rocket is also favored by Rocketshoeing enthusiasts who snowshoe the back country and Rocket back down.
		Cars-turned-boats, rocket belts and more--explore the world of almosts and not-quites in the search for the next big thing.
		Rocket belt links US or references to the subject of rocket...
	beltus.nwatson.net /belt/rocket.html (309 words)

	Rocket man Flight Journal - Find Articles
		Furthermore, Suitor is the only Rocket Belt pilot ever to have flown three versions: the Bell Rocket Belt, the Tyler Rocket Belt and the last one, the RB-2000.
		The Rocket Belt is one of the most captivating aerospace flying machines ever conceived and was originally known as the "Small Rocket Lift Device" (SRLD).
		The first Bell Aerosystems Rocket Belt consisted of a fiberglass harness to fit the pilot, propellant supply tanks, gas generator, throttle-control assembly, nozzle deflection cables and hot-gas tube nozzles.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qa3897/is_200106/ai_n8959435 (884 words)

	Leatherneck Archives (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Elements of the 368B NVA Rocket Artillery Regt dug firing positions to the west and north of 7th Marines.
		Always, it was the same kind of maddening warfare: out at dawn, moving in the unrelenting heat, the sudden chatter of small-arms fire, krumph of mortars and grenades, calls for corpsmen, air and artillery, over at dusk, counting the dead and wounded and counting the days until one's 13-month tour of duty ended.
		For the Marines operating in the Rocket Belt, the war was particularly frustrating.
	www.mca-marines.org /Leatherneck/rocketbeltarch.htm (5255 words)

	WIRED SCIENCE \| Vaporware: The Rocketeers \| PBS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Moore's company, Bell Aerosytems, was contracted to build the early prototypes, and using mostly off-the-shelf hardware, the "modern" rocket belt was born.
		In September of 2006 they gathered in Niagara Falls, NY for the first convention dedicated to the past, and future, of the rocket belt.
		Suitor was one of the original test pilots of the Bell Rocket Belt, with more than a hundred flights to his credit.
	www.pbs.org /kcet/wiredscience/vaporware.html (771 words)

	Unreal Aircraft - Q Branch - Bell Rocket Belts
		The Bell Rocket Belt is powered by a hydrogen peroxide reaction rocket engine which consists of a tank of compressed liquid nitrogen which pushes hydrogen peroxide out of two other tanks into a reaction chamber.
		The sound of the rocket is said to be incredibly loud, almost unbearable, and more a scream than something more identifiably a rocket noise.
		Although the U.S. military displayed some early interest in the rocket belt concept during the 1960s, the short flight durations and exposure to enemy fire made the belts unappealing as combat tools.
	www.unrealaircraft.com /qbranch/bell_rb.php (529 words)

	'Physical Therapy' for the Brain - Bucks County Courier Times
		EEG neurofeedback, also called biofeedback, is the cornerstone of Belt's nonmedication treatment for the multiple symptoms of attention deficit and other neurological disorders.
		Belt said that in most cases, he provides a multifaceted treatment plan, which includes parent training in behavior modification, counseling, regular meetings with school staff, and a minimum of 20 biofeedback sessions.
		What Jamey describes in terms of colored rockets translates to Belt as the raw activity of his brain measured in spiky waves of alpha, beta, delta and theta levels on a computer monitor.
	addsolutions.com /pt4thebrain.html (995 words)

	FARK.com: (1159857) Judge orders return of rocket belt (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Threats, name-calling, and litigation ensue, each guy claiming that he did the bulk of the work, the other one's the thief, belt is rightfully his, etc, etc. Shame that they're a pair of idiot asshats, because if they actually did make a working rocket belt, they're pretty damn ingenious engineers.
		The rocket belt was a fixture on sci-fi shows in the 60s.
		It is about as much a belt as a hiking backpack is a belt, but I'm sure the guys who developed it thought "rocket belt" sounded much cooler.
	forums.fark.com /cgi/fark/comments.pl?IDLink=1159857 (850 words)

	Halfbakery: Rocket Belt Drive
		Seems rocket belts have been in existence since at least the 60s -- if one doesn't count that unfortunate Chinese emperor with the rocket throne.
		For whatever reason, it was never applied to the rocket belt -- but I see no reason why it couldn't.
		In our contraption, the rocket belt continues as a long rocket tail, made of suitable lightweight canisters and a fuel line.
	www.halfbakery.com /idea/Rocket_20Belt_20Drive (480 words)

	butseriously.com: Jetpacks
		The belt itself is a backpacklike contraption that weighs about 120 pounds and has tanks of hydrogen peroxide and nitrogen.
		The rocket tubes are about a foot away from the pilot, on each side, slightly angled away from the body.
		With its limited flight time, it seems the personal consumer model rocket belt is destined to remain a pipe dream (along with the flying car, giant mechanical hands and a good Star Wars prequel), barring some unforeseen breakthroughs in miniature rocket technology.
	www.butseriously.com /jetpack.htm (1472 words)

	Howstuffworks "How Personal Jetpacks Work"
		In 1995, the technology used to build the Bell Rocket Belt was revived by a group of Texas engineers who designed a slightly enhanced version called the RB 2000 Rocket Belt.
		The redesigned belt was able to travel 50 percent farther than the Bell Rocket Belt, enabling users to stay airborne for 30 seconds instead of 20.
		Rocket packs are unlikely to become commercially marketed products due to their drawbacks.
	travel.howstuffworks.com /personal-jetpack.htm/printable (747 words)

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