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British Company Testing Jet Suits For Use During Emergencies

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   A British jet suit company has teamed with a paramedic service to test
   the flying suits' capabilities for emergency use in Britain's
   mountainous northern lake district.

   Gravity Industries released video Tuesday of a recent test of its jet
   suit in simulated rescue situations in northwest Britain's vast Lake
   District National Park in Cumbria.

   The jet suit company teamed up with local paramedic team Great North
   Air Ambulance Service (GNAAS), which says reaching walkers in distress
   is one of their biggest challenges.

   In one test simulation, a paramedic in a jet suit - which, in this
   case, was test pilot and Gravity Industries founder Richard Browning -
   was sent up a mountain in a scenario in which a 10-year-old girl had
   fallen from cliffs and sustained a serious leg injury.

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