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http://www.JetManBlog.com About the Movie with Yves Rossy: DOVER, England - A Swiss daredevil crossed the English Channel strapped to a homemade jet-propelled wing Friday, parachuting into a field near the white cliffs of Dover after a 10-minute solo flight. Yves Rossy leapt from a plane at more than 8,800 feet, fired up his jets and made the 22-mile trip from Calais in France. Rossy passed over a thin strip of land in front of South Foreland lighthouse, looped over onlookers and opened his parachute, his wings still strapped to his back. "It was perfect. Blue sky, sunny, no clouds, perfect conditions," he said. "We prepared everything and it was great." The trip across the Channel is meant to trace the route of French aviator Louis Bleriot, the first person to cross in an airplane 99 years ago. The lighthouse was the site of Guglielmo Marconi's experiments with radio telegraphy in 1898. Bleriot used the white building as a target during his pioneering flight, the building's manager, Simon Ovenden, said. Several hundred spectators rushed to greet the pilot, trying to take photographs with cameras and cell phones. "It's a remarkable achievement, we saw the climax of his attempt as he came down to earth with his parachute. It's been an exciting afternoon," said Geoff Clark, a 54-year-old onlooker from Chatham, in Kent. The carbon composite-wing weighs about 121 pounds when loaded with fuel, and carried four kerosene-burning jet turbines that kept him aloft. The wing had no steering devices — Rossy moved his body to control its movements. He wore a heat-resistant suit similar to that worn by firefighters and racing drivers to protect him from the heat of the turbines. The cooling effect of the wind and high altitude also prevented him from getting too hot. Mark Dale, the senior technical officer for the British Hang Gliding and Paragliding Association, described Rossy's flight as a "fabulous stunt." Keywords for Yves Rossy: yves rossy yves rossi yves rossy the swiss jet man yves rossy 2008 yves rossy jetman yves rossy fusion man fusion man fusion man flying fusion man jet pack

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Uploaded: November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am
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skyhawk747 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Cool sh1t :-)
radioactiveshoes (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
and they said "if man was meant to fly he'd have been born with wings" screw that lets MAKE wings! Yves Rossy u r makin history congrats!
Merlin2Stage2Speed (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
What an impressive display by Yves! Ive read his next step is to go VTOL. It could be done with small rocket engines providing supplementary very high thrust for about 15 seconds. But the problem is how to control the thrust directionally until sufficient speed is built up to the point where the aerodynamics of the wing kick fully into play. But hey, Im sure that Yves will come up with something sooner or later. The man is a genuine inspiration.
jhc28 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
damn he's great! the military can actually use this. like for special forces, they can have special forces use this in order to penetrate enemy airspace so the actual cargo plane won't have to enter. all they have to do is drop off the winged special forces and its up to them to travel inside and parachute behind enemy lines during the dark. that would be so cooL! haha
MoGG84uk (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
So what he deployed the the parachute before he reached the shore line, he was on the English coast line anyways technically so yea, stfu.
fereleufefa (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
fucking awesome!!
sirmolio (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
oh just one more comment to the doubters.. if this dude had actually crossed the english channel (i.e. reached the shoreline) in his jetcraft prior to his parachute (in other words, he didn't deploy his parachute until after he had "accomplished the feat" of traversing the channel SHORE TO SHORE then why didn't the announces here make note of the point where the airborne jet dude, in his jetcraft, crossed the shore line? heh..
sirmolio (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
anyway i've presented my point sufficiently with no hard feelings attached. it's up to the public whether they want to be critically fair in granting this guy accomplishment for what he has actually achieved versus the landmark accomplishment he aimed for. It's up to you, the person reading this comment, to determine whether you think this guy actually "traversed the english channel via jet" if part of the distance was traversed after he parachuted. OK Over and OUT.
sirmolio (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Heh well props to you for looking up vitriol. However, I challenge you to cite the precise statement I've made that expresses "bitterness or hatred" .. I appreciate his effort and have so from the start, but I am also vigilant of awawrd "world record" prestige only to deserving individuals. If he parachuted and floated the remaining x km's to the shore then it shouldn't be considered "crossing the english channel"..that's not to say his distance tranveled by one-man-jet doesn't set a new record.
misfire99 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
vitriol Noun 1. language expressing bitterness and hatred That is what you expressed. Your bitterness at the accomplishments of someone better then yourself. You're a hate monger. You want to sow hatred and shoot down Yves Rossy's great accomplishments. You say you aren't out to "diss" him but the next thing you write is exactly that. And judging by your other posts I really think you need professional help.

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