An incredibly courageous 45 year old man wearing a jet pack has flown across a 1,500-foot-wide canyon in southern Colorado. Eric Scott took 21 seconds to cross the Royal Gorge at 75 mph on Monday. He said that he didn't use a parachute while flying across the 1,100-foot-deep canyon.

Sponsor Go Fast Sports & Beverage confirmed his sayings. Several hundred spectators lined the Royal Gorge Bridge to witness the stunt.

The jet pack can fly for about 33 seconds at speeds of more than 70 mph. Therefore Scott set a world record for both height and distance with the 800 horsepower state-of-the-art pack designed by Denver-based Jet P.I., The Denver Post reported. He made the record-setting trip- 1,500 feet across and 1,053 feet up - in 21 seconds, leaving him 12 seconds of hydrogen-peroxide fuel to spare.

"This is the biggest adrenaline kick I've ever gotten," Scott said after landing, steam billowing from the hydrogen peroxide-fueled pack.

Jet packs have a long history in Hollywood, but the concept has struggled to get off the ground in the real world. Another one, made by inventor Glenn Martin, was tested earlier this year in a 45-second, highly controlled hovering effort but just a few feet off the ground.

"Fear either makes people suck it up and get it right or they lose it," Scott said. "I'm the Evel Knievel that makes it to the other side."

The Denver daredevil said he thought he knew his $200,000 jet pack’s capabilities before the flight, and was thrilled to find out he was right. Scott said he closed his eyes and walked through the flight in his head several times before beginning his attempt just next to the bridge on the north face.