This isn't how a jet pack is supposed to look, is it? Hollywood has envisioned jet packs as upside-down fire extinguishers strapped to people's backs. But Glenn Martin's invention is far more unwieldy ...

A pilot has been killed in a plane crash while flying a type of homemade mini-jet immortalised by a James Bond film. Howard Cox, 67, from Devon, was on his way to an air show in his unique single seat ...