There IS such a thing as a Rocket Belt convention!  MAKE:Blog can tell you where to sign up, and for $85.00, how can anyone near NY resist?
“The Rocketbelt convention 2006 is September 23 – 24 @ the Niagara Aerospace Museum, New York and looks to be an incredible event! I have a thing for rocket belts, it’s a Maker doing what we all dream about – flight.”

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