With two small military grade turbine engines producing 537 lb of thrust, mounted either side of the rider’s head, Australian Daz Fellow’s hopes to break the 300 mph speed record riding only ...

The small craft only weighs about 16.5 pounds and features a Behotec 180 turbine jet engine that runs on kerosene. The jet itself only weighs 3.5 pounds while delivering 40.5 pounds of thrust.

That gives the turbines, housed in a 6-foot-tall box, access to the jet blast from planes pulling out of gates 5, 7 and 9. It’s unclear exactly how much energy the turbine generators will be ...