Yesterday Yves Rossy, former fighter pilot and proud owner of the biggest cojones on the planet, strapped a wing and four jets to his back and jumped out of a plane. When the engines kicked in, he shot off at 186mph over the Rhone Valley, performing long, slow loops and a quick 360º roll “to impress the girls”.
This video was grabbed from YouTube, and shows a test flight from earlier in the year. Near the end (around seven and a half minutes in), Rossy goes into a spin and has to bail. His getup has an emergency lever which ejects the wings and deploys a parachute. The video description on YouTube is simple: “Yves Rossy is Superman”. We agree.
Swiss man soars above Alps with jet-powered wing [AP]
Earlier coverage of crazy dudes strapping on wings on Gadget Lab:
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