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PARIS | Visit Paris Airshow 2017
Last time, it was the Martin Jetpack that
debuted at the Paris Airshow. If you had
been there and pre-ordered your personal
jetpack, you’d be the most smug-cool
cucumber with your own Bond-like jetpack
by now (deliveries for the fi rst lot of jetpacks
are zooming out of Martin’s Christchurch
facility this month). In addition, the Paris
Airshow is by far the sexiest and edgiest
aviation and tech event you could witness.
Held every other year at the Le Bourget
Airport in North Paris, France, the fi rst few days of the event are closed to the
general public, but the following Friday, Saturday, and Sunday welcomes in
spectators of all ages. See in person a Dassault Rafale fi ghter jet fl ying display,
creative design studios put up extraordinary exhibits, see gorgeous air displays by
Boeing’s F16, crazy looking helicopters, and more. siae.frBARCELONA | Test Ride a Hoverboard
Lexus has developed a real-life levitating board called Slide. Unveiled at a skate park
in Barcelona this year, it glided above water, jumped over cars and swooped around
half-pipes under the expert skills of pro-skateboarder Ross McGouran.
Sadly, it’s just a prototype and only works above specially laid metal tracks.
However, the electric surfb oard by Spanish surf brand Onean will have you fl ying
across real waves, propelled by a silent, battery-powered motor, even if it can’t do
the other fancy fl oatation wizardry. Visit Box220, Barcelona. boxbarcelona.comTHE-NEXT-BIG-
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SVALBARD, NORWAY
The raw wilderness of
Norway’s Svalbard is
one of the harshest
environments on the
planet. But it’s a land
where everyone gets
along, because getting
along is the only way to
survive. This is real-life
‘Fortitude’, the Scandi-
noir that’s soon to
resurface. See
migrating sea birds,
spot polar bears, and
ride snowmobiles
through narrow valleys
before traversing
frozen delta systems.
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