The world’s first paramedic jet suit has taken flight in the UK, with incredible footage showing the suit being tested in the Lake District.
The 1050bhp Jet Suit was developed as a collaboration between Gravity Industries and the Great North Air Ambulance Service (GNAAS), with the astonishing exercise taking place at the Langdale Pikes.
During the test, Gravity Industries founder and Chief Test Pilot Richard Browning flew from the bottom of the valley bottom up to a simulated casualty site on The Band, close to Bowfell. This site would have taken an approximate 25 minutes to get to by foot.
You can watch the jet suit in action for yourself below:
As a comparison, the Gravity Jet Suit is capable of covering the exact same distance in just 90 seconds flat. This would potentially allow emergency responders to get to casualty sites with much greater speed, saving many lives as a result.
The Lake District was identified as being a possible location for a Jet Suit paramedic by the director of operations and paramedic at GNAAS, Andy Mawson, with the charity’s call-out data recording ‘dozens of patients every month’ within the area.
