Which, lastly, brings me to Elmore Wiley’s special gliders. Motorized gliders exist. Composite gliders exist. The jet-assisted-take-off (JATO) add-on was my enhancement. JATO technology exists and has been in use for many years — just not on a glider to my knowledge. Every other technology about those gliders exists today, including the ability to mask them from radar detection. So I figure if some nut can strap a rocket to a backpack and fly through the mountains with nothing else on but a flying squirrel outfit, then I can strap a JATO bottle to a glider.
It’s all within the realm of possibility.