Subject: Is it possible to create lift with ionized air and magnets?

I am trying to find a efficient form of thrust that can lift a human on the 
ground using ionized air and magnets, and I need a form of energy to power it.

1) Air is compressed and forced into a chamber.
2) Inside the chamber is a cathode which ionizes the air.
3) The ionized air is forced into a tube, and the ions are kept from scattering 
by electromagnets spaced along the tube.
4) Also inside the tube are doughnut shaped anodes which attract the positive 
ions with a negative charge and accelerate them through the holes in their 
center.
5)This is repeated until the ions exit the tube and enter the exhaust chamber
6)The exhaust chamber could be very small and compact.
7)inside the engine is a final anode which fires the ions out of the tube and 
also contains a permanent ferromagnetic magnet which stops the ion from going 
the wrong way (back up the tube)

Is this design plausible? And what are the drawbacks?

Thanks! ;)   

Re: Is it possible to create lift with ionized air and magnets?