Yves Rossy - JET-MAN WORLD RECORD - Yves "Jet Man" Rossy Crosses English Channel - Jet-man: Human Powered Flight with his Swiss Rockets

http://www.JetManBlog.com About the Movie with Yves Rossy" Swiss adventurer Yves Rossy successfully crossed the English Channel using his homemade jet-propelled wing Friday, the first man to perform the feat. Rossy leapt from a plane more than 8,800 feet or a mile and a half from the ground, before firing up his jets. He made the 22-mile trip from Calais in France to Dover in England in a little under 15 minutes. He began the Friday flight just before 1207 GMT; by 12:15 GMT, Rossy was above British soil and looped over onlookers before opening his parachute, with his wings still strapped to his back. He touched down in a field near the famous white cliffs of Dover. The stunt had been postponed from its scheduled date Thursday when visibility deteriorated. "It's not so safe to fly across water if you can't see," Rossy told National Geographic Channel in a live television interview Thursday. "I don't have any instruments, and I need to be able to see the landing site." The trip across the Channel is meant to trace the route of French aviator Louis Bleriot, the first person to cross the narrow body of water in an airplane 99 years ago 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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