Disneyland Rocket Belt 1966
The Disneyland TV program “Disneyland Around the Seasons” aired on December 18, 1966. The episode contained a clip of Bill Suitor flying around Disneyland. The entire program can be found on the DVD Disneyland: Secrets, Stories & Magic.
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I understand this man has a book coming out on Oct. 19th of this year. It is intitled ” The Rocketbelt Pilot’s Manual”. The book was written by Bill Suitor (the guy flying around in this video). He is the man who flew in James Bond 007 Thunderball movie, Lost in Space TV series, Superball #1, the 1984 Olympics and many more special events all around the world! It is an in depth look at the technology of this personal flying machine and how to fly one! I already have my book on order! I NEED IT!
That’s Monorail Blue from the 1961 “Mark II” fleet of Disneyland Monorail trains…..
LOLOL…..good one.
I like how the Orkin man assists the rocket man in this video.
Sad thing is, Boba Fett flew with his own rocket pack but it was better than this one. I wonder if kids could tell the diff?
Creative editing. A-hem.
in the video he flew for more than 21.5 secs…
if you look in the background behind Matterhorn you can see the Year of a Million Dreams monorail on the track going by.
Flies for 21.5 seconds then drops like a rock.
okay, I checked Wikipedia. It’s real.
It would be hell if he runs out of fuel, though
Real Rocket Belt built by Bell Aerospace of Buffallo New York. Bill Suitor is the Pilot.
is this real, or is there a cable?
HAHA. Pretty funny that they said in the days of “tommorrow” people will have those and that’s ow they will get around.
It was amazing… and loud. It was indoors so it scared the hell out of me. But there’s nothing more awesome than seeing Boba Fett fly over a stage.
Yes, that was Dan Schlund of Powerhouse Productions. They are one of two companies that fly at special events. The other company is Go Energy Drinks.
I went to the Star Wars celebration last year in LA, and a guy came down in one of those dressed as Boba Fett. Coolest thing ever.