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| Kellie |
Birdman takes to the skiesA daredevil inventor has made his first public flight with a pair of homemade jet-powered wings.After five years of training and many more years of dreaming, Yves Rossy from Switzerland took to the skies, performing figure eights above the Swiss Alps. The birdman said he is ready now for a bigger challenge - flying across the English Channel later this year.The 48-year-old former fighter pilot and extreme sports enthusiast stepped out of a plane at 7,500 feet (2,300 meters) and unfolded the rigid eight-foot (2.5-metre) wings strapped to his back. Passing from free fall to a gentle glide, Mr Rossy, or Fusion Man as he prefers to be known, then triggered four jet turbines and accelerated to 186mph. Steering only with his body, he dived and soared, and even managed a 360 degree somersault. He eventually landed safely on an airfield near the eastern shore of Lake Geneva. Click HERE to see a video and read the full story |
| Spirithunter |
I want one!!! 21.gif |
| Leo |
I read about it in the paper, good stuff, on the video you can see him using small rockets to climb up higher, I wonder how he slows down before he lands, or would he start running while still in the air? |
| Kellie |
apparemtly he has a parachute Leo so as it slow down he uses that |