The Space Ranger was a
propane
Propane () is a three-carbon chain alkane with the molecular formula . It is a gas at standard temperature and pressure, but becomes liquid when compressed for transportation and storage. A by-product of natural gas processing and petroleum ref ...
-fueled
vertical take off personal transporter, similar to a platform
jet pack
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, developed by Richard Timewell, a Canadian sheet metal worker based in a small office at
Boeing Field
King County International Airport , commonly Boeing Field, is a public airport owned and operated by King County, Washington, King County, south of downtown Seattle, in the U.S. state of Washington (state), Washington. The airport is sometimes r ...
. The transporter was advertised in several issues of
Popular Science
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magazine during 1977–1978.
United Press International
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's Seattle bureau on April 10, 1978, issued an article including an interview with Timewell, who stated that only one completed Space Ranger had been sold, and that he was "working out a few bugs" after hitting trees and starting fires.
The Register-Guard
''The Register-Guard'' is a daily newspaper in the northwestern United States, published in Eugene, Oregon. It was formed in a 1930 merger of two Eugene papers, the ''Eugene Daily Guard'' and the ''Morning Register''. The paper serves the Eugene ...
April 10, 197
Man boosts rocket 'roadsters'
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