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Jetpack test flight, Virginia, USA, 1969 (lemmy.world)
submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 13 points 11 months ago (3 children)

I thought that was a face shield of some kind.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Is it a mustache? It looks like a shield for sure... But then why's his nose out?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

I’m betting it is a communication device so he can speak to the safety crew / engineers

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Mouth breathing, nose hanger? Some peoples respiratory pathway doesn't include the nose. shrug

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

No guy is going to have a belly like that and then not have a mustache.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

I thought he had a mustache under the face shield, but it might be a reflection rather than transparency.