Tim Draper , US investor known for financially participating in the support of Tesla and SpaceX , has decided to embark on a new bet and invest in the companies JetPack Aviation and Gravity industries, two companies operating in the field of technologies that can make indiv flight a reality identical.

Gravity Industires in particular has risen to the honors of chronicle for a suit-jetpack similar to Iron Man, and which allows the wearer to be able to launch into flight at particularly high speeds. A suit with similar characteristics has also been developed by JetPack Aviation , which however is working on a sort of “motorcycle” flying, automated and stabilized, called “Speeder”. This vehicle is capable of speeds of 250 miles per hour and can accommodate up to two passengers.

The two companies are deepening and developing VOTL technologies – Vertical Take Off and Landing – which significantly simplify two of the most complicated aspects of flight, namely take-off and landing. The possibility of carrying out these two operations vertically eliminates the need for take-off and landing runways, thus making the practice of flying more free from constraints. In general it is believed that VOTL technologies could represent the turning point, in the future, to alleviate the congestion of land transport thanks to the vertical space, just like skyscrapers.

“I think that we now live in a two-dimensional transportation company, and both of these companies have figured out how to make VTOL technology more practical so that anyone can fly and land anywhere. They are fun and exciting. Right now we are stuck in cars, cars. long distances require going to the airport and getting on a plane. Imagine being able to just put on a suit, take off and fly wherever you want to go. I think VTOL technology is what we’re looking for, “commented Draper.

Tim Draper did not invest only in Tesla and SpaceX: among the other successful bets were those in Skype , Baidu, Twitter, Coinbase and Twitch .