Nelson Tyler is an engineer and inventor. He was the designer and inventor of the PWC,

Wetbike A WetBike is a planing motorised personal water craft that is often described as cross between a motorcycle and a jet ski. The original Wetbike was introduced in 1978 by Spirit Marine, a subsidiary of Arctic Enterprises (now known as Arctic Cat ...

. A personal watercraft that rides like a motorcycle. He has developed gyro-stabilized camera systems for aerial use and won an

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in 2005 for one designed to be used on a boat. He developed a personal

rocket pack A jet pack, rocket belt, or rocket pack is a device worn on the back which uses jets of gas or liquid to propel the wearer through the air. The concept has been present in science fiction for almost a century and became widespread in the 1960s. ...

which was used at the 1984 Olympics and in subsequent stunt flights. He has developed

jet pack A jet pack, rocket belt, or rocket pack is a device worn on the back which uses jets of gas or liquid to propel the wearer through the air. The concept has been present in science fiction for almost a century and became widespread in the 1960s. ...

s for JetPack Aviation and is now working on an electric-powered

personal air vehicle A personal air vehicle (PAV) is a proposed type of aircraft providing on-demand aviation services. The emergence of this alternative to traditional ground transport methods has been enabled by unmanned aerial vehicle technologies and electric pr ...

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Jet Pack Dreamers
– BBC documentary
Tyler Camera Systems
– details of his camera mounts and patents American aerospace engineers Jet pack Recipients of the Scientific and Engineering Academy Award Academy Award for Technical Achievement winners {{engineer-stub