A 'mad boffin' who dreamed of flying to school has finally invented the world's first jetpack after working tirelessly for over three decades. As a schoolboy, Glenn Martin's imagination was fuelled by ...

Simply sign up to the Aerospace & Defence myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Peter Coker spent his early career flying fighter jets for the Royal Air Force. Now the 60-year-old is close ...

Jetpacks could fly out of science fiction and on to the streets carrying first responders and millionaires next year After 35 years in development, the world’s first commercially available jetpack ...

After decades of dreams, the idea of flying around on your own machine could soon be upon us, and the first adopters may well use them to save your life. Inside a warehouse in Christchurch, New ...

A former commercial pilot who has carried out about 500 jetpack test flights has admitted that he does not like heights. "I can look out of the window of an aeroplane no problem," David Mayman, chief ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...