Members Bookumdano2 Posted December 3, 2011 Members Share Posted December 3, 2011 oooh .. I want this for Christmas- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members blue2blue Posted December 3, 2011 Members Share Posted December 3, 2011 Rossy developed and built a system comprising a back pack with semi-rigid aeroplane-type carbon-fiber wings with a span of about 2.4 metres (7.9 ft), powered by four attached Jet-Cat P200 jet engines [1] modified from large-model, kerosene fueled, aircraft engines. His first flight occurred in November 2006 in Bex, [2] lasting nearly six minutes and nine seconds. Yves later successfully flew across the English Channel on 26 September 2008 in 9 minutes 7 seconds [3], reaching a speed of 299 km/h (186 mph) during the crossing [4] Later in 2008, he made a flight over the Alps, reaching a top descent speed of 304 km/h (189 mph) and an average speed of 124 mph. [5][6] Jet-powered wing In November 2009, Rossy attempted a crossing of the Strait of Gibraltar, hoping to be the first person to fly between two continents using a jetpack. He leapt from a small plane about 1,950 m (6,500 ft) above Tangier in Morocco in the direction of Atlanterra in Spain. The flight was expected to take about a quarter of an hour but, due to strong winds and banks of cloud, Rossy ditched into the sea, to be picked up ten minutes later by his support helicopter 3 miles from the Spanish coast. He was flown to a hospital in Jerez, and later released unhurt. The Spanish Coast Guard later retrieved the jetpack (which had a parachute and a float). [7][8][9][10]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yves_Rossy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rasputin1963 Posted December 3, 2011 Members Share Posted December 3, 2011 Doing that would scare me shirtless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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