Couple marry while hovering over Calif. beach
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. — Here comes the bride, all dressed in a jet pack that’s zipping down a California beach.
Amanda Volf and Grant Engler donned water-powered packs Thursday to be married in Newport Beach.
The 25-year-old former wedding planner from Grand Rapids, Mich., says she wanted a unique ceremony. So the couple donned the $90,000 contraptions on their backs, along with a wet suit for the groom and white board shorts and a rash-guard shirt for the bride.
The jetpacks from Jetlev Southwest helped the couple hover a few feet above the water, to the cheers of their wedding guests.
Everything went smoothly — except for a kayaker who capsized during the newlyweds’ first dance on the water.
Groom Grant Engler flies in a jet pack suit into his wedding ceremony Thursday in Newport Beach, Calif.
Associated Press
Grant Engler and his fiancee, Amanda Vulf, arrive for their jet pack wedding wearing various forms of wet suit gear Thursday in Newport Beach, Calif.
Associated Press
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