Justin Capră

Justin Virgilius Capra
Justin Virgilius Capra
	Justin Capra in 2011
Born	22 February 1933; Măgureni, Romania
Died	19 January 2015 (aged 81); Ploiesti, Prahova, Romania
Citizenship	Romanian
Alma mater	Medias Aviation Institute; Polytechnic University of Bucharest;
Known for	Jetpack 1956, 1958; RocketCar Virgilius 1955; Anti-gravity Black Box 1961; Personal helicopter 1964; Low consumption car 1973;
Spouse	Marichen Buhrer (d. 2000)
Awards	Arca Award; Ifia Eco Award; Euraca Gold Medal; International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva Award; Dan Voiculescu Award; National Order of Merit in rank of Knight;
	Scientific career
Fields	Aviation, Engineering
Academic advisors	Henri Coanda

Virgilius Justin Capra (22 February 1933 – 19 January 2015) was a Romanian inventor, teacher and engineer. He was known for his many inventions including: the world's 1st first jetpack (named "flying backpack"),^[2]^[1] electric tricycle Oblio and Troty, the smallest car in the world Soleta (with a consumption of 0.5l / 100 km), first "rocketcar", car with a plane engine (Virgilius) and more.

References

1 2 "Justin Capra, Inventor of 784 MPG Car, Dies at 81". greenoptimistic.com. 20 January 2015. Archived from the original on 21 January 2015. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
↑ "Romanian who claimed he invented world's 1st jetpack dies". thestate.com. 20 January 2015. Archived from the original on 20 January 2015. Retrieved 20 January 2015.

[Green_Optimistic-1] 1 2 "Justin Capra, Inventor of 784 MPG Car, Dies at 81". greenoptimistic.com. 20 January 2015. Archived from the original on 21 January 2015. Retrieved 20 January 2015.

[2] "Romanian who claimed he invented world's 1st jetpack dies". thestate.com. 20 January 2015. Archived from the original on 20 January 2015. Retrieved 20 January 2015.

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