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 Washington Post | Zooming Around the Alps In a Homemade Wing Suit Washington Post, United States - Make that Yves Rossy, a 48-year-old Swiss daredevil also known as Jet Man, Rocket Man, the Bird Man of the Alps. Thanks to his homemade, jet-powered wing ... |
Rocket man Louisville Courier-Journal, KY - By Frank Jordans • AP • June 16, 2008 BEX, Switzerland -- A Swiss pilot strapped on a jet-powered wing and leaped from a plane last month for the first ... |
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jetteaser - one of last mirage flights in swisscheck on www.lionelcharlet.om
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Added: June 24, 2008
Swiss pilot Yves Rossy, known as 'Fusion Man', tests out his jet-propelled wings over the Alps.
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Added: June 3, 2008
Swiss pilot Yves Rossy performs his first public flight with jet-powered wings in front of the international media. This is original content video not rip-off from TV.
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Added: May 19, 2008
CHEN:And a man known as "Fusion man" was sent out of a plane at 8,000ft with his wing folded. Let's take a look at this new super-hero type invention.STORY:It looks like a small plane but take a closer look. In fact it's a flying man.Yves Rossy has a jet powered wing strapped to him and he's reaching speeds of 300 kilometers an hour. The Swiss airline pilot has spent five years preparing for this trip high in the Swiss mountains.He got airborne by free-falling from a plane at two and half thousand meters. He then deployed his wings and began his flight, doing loops and figures for the watching media by steering with his body. He landed 10 minutes later by deploying a parachute and folding the wings safely away.[Yves Rossy, aka "Fusion Man"]:"I feel such happiness, an extraordinary sense of fulfillment to have once again been able to fly while people are watching. It's one thing to do it on your own but to be able to share it live like today, that's extraordinary."Rossy landed safe and well along with his extraordinary wings.He now plans to show off his skills at various events over the next few months and attempt to cross the English Channel in the autumn.
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Added: May 17, 2008
CHEN:And a man known as "Fusion man" was sent out of a plane at 8,000ft with his wing folded. Let's take a look at this new super-hero type invention.STORY:It looks like a small plane but take a closer look. In fact it's a flying man.Yves Rossy has a jet powered wing strapped to him and he's reaching speeds of 300 kilometers an hour. The Swiss airline pilot has spent five years preparing for this trip high in the Swiss mountains.He got airborne by free-falling from a plane at two and half thousand meters. He then deployed his wings and began his flight, doing loops and figures for the watching media by steering with his body. He landed 10 minutes later by deploying a parachute and folding the wings safely away.[Yves Rossy, aka "Fusion Man"]:"I feel such happiness, an extraordinary sense of fulfillment to have once again been able to fly while people are watching. It's one thing to do it on your own but to be able to share it live like today, that's extraordinary."Rossy landed safe and well along with his extraordinary wings.He now plans to show off his skills at various events over the next few months and attempt to cross the English Channel in the autumn.
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Added: May 17, 2008
CHEN:And a man known as "Fusion man" was sent out of a plane at 8,000ft with his wing folded. Let's take a look at this new super-hero type invention.STORY:It looks like a small plane but take a closer look. In fact it's a flying man.Yves Rossy has a jet powered wing strapped to him and he's reaching speeds of 300 kilometers an hour. The Swiss airline pilot has spent five years preparing for this trip high in the Swiss mountains.He got airborne by free-falling from a plane at two and half thousand meters. He then deployed his wings and began his flight, doing loops and figures for the watching media by steering with his body. He landed 10 minutes later by deploying a parachute and folding the wings safely away.[Yves Rossy, aka "Fusion Man"]:"I feel such happiness, an extraordinary sense of fulfillment to have once again been able to fly while people are watching. It's one thing to do it on your own but to be able to share it live like today, that's extraordinary."Rossy landed safe and well along with his extraordinary wings.He now plans to show off his skills at various events over the next few months and attempt to cross the English Channel in the autumn.
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Keywords: ntd ntdtv news "Fusion man" Swiss flying Yves Rossy
Added: May 17, 2008
CHEN:And a man known as "Fusion man" was sent out of a plane at 8,000ft with his wing folded. Let's take a look at this new super-hero type invention.STORY:It looks like a small plane but take a closer look. In fact it's a flying man.Yves Rossy has a jet powered wing strapped to him and he's reaching speeds of 300 kilometers an hour. The Swiss airline pilot has spent five years preparing for this trip high in the Swiss mountains.He got airborne by free-falling from a plane at two and half thousand meters. He then deployed his wings and began his flight, doing loops and figures for the watching media by steering with his body. He landed 10 minutes later by deploying a parachute and folding the wings safely away.[Yves Rossy, aka "Fusion Man"]:"I feel such happiness, an extraordinary sense of fulfillment to have once again been able to fly while people are watching. It's one thing to do it on your own but to be able to share it live like today, that's extraordinary."Rossy landed safe and well along with his extraordinary wings.He now plans to show off his skills at various events over the next few months and attempt to cross the English Channel in the autumn.
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Added: May 17, 2008
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Swiss pilot Yves Rossy, known as 'Fusion Man', tests out his jet-propelled wings over the Alps
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Swiss pilot Yves Rossy flew his micro-jet-powered, 8-foot span wing over the Swiss Alps this week, reaching speeds of up to 185 mph. Rossy's wing shows just how sophisticated micro jet engines have become. Originally designed for model radio controlled aircraft, you are starting to see them applied to human-carrying aircraft.
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Swiss Pilot Yves Rossy did something special on Wednesday. Yves Rossy strapped a jet-wing and jumped from a plane. Yves Rossy has spent 5 years of training for this act. Finally Yves Rossy fulfilled his dream.
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Swiss professional pilot Yves Rossy, the world's first man to fly with fitted jet-fuel powered wings strapped to his back, holds his first official demonstration above Bex in Switzerland.
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"Playing to a mesmerized audience, Swiss pilot and adventurer (some might say nutcase) Yves Rossy has soared above the Alps with homemade jet-powered wings strapped to his back. "
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Some people go fishing on their day off. Yves Rossy likes to jump out of a small plane with a pair of jet-powered wings on his back and loop the loop above the Swiss Alps. The self-built contraption took the former fighter pilot five years to build and perfect - and yesterday he gave it its maiden flight.
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Swiss former fighter pilot and extreme sports enthusiast Yves Rossy strapped on a jet-powered wing and leaped from a plane Wednesday for the first public demonstration of the homemade device, turning figure eights and soaring high above the Alps. http://www.jet-man.com/prod/index_en.html
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Pilot Yves Rossy flew over the Swiss Alps on his 10 ft. wide jet powered wings. Amazing.
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lying in the skies is no more an impossible task, you can do that via a helicopter or an glider, but to soar like a bird, or penetrate the winds like a superman or rocketeer, sounds much incredible. Yves Rossy, a Swiss pilot, inventor, and aviation enthusiast, is the first person to have flown a jet engine-powered wing strapped to his back.
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The 35th Geneva Invention Fair is said to be the world's leading showcase for inventions, this year drawing around 1,000 gadgets from more than 40 countries, among them a new aphrodisiac, a sushi-rolling machine, underwear for pets, a sure-shot golf putter, and even a flying man, former Swiss air force pilot Yves "Fusionman" Rossy. Cool!
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