Justin Capră

Justin Virgilius Capra
Justin Capra in 2011
Born	(1933-02-22)22 February 1933 Măgureni, Romania
Died	19 January 2015(2015-01-19) (aged 81) Ploiesti, Prahova, Romania
Citizenship	Romanian
Alma mater	Medias Aviation Institute Polytechnic University of Bucharest
Known for	Jetpack 1956, 1958[1] 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. "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.