The days of living like the Jetsons are getting closer and closer. Yves Rossy, who calls himself Fusionman (but looks like Buzz Lightyear), successfully crossed the English Channel….flying from Calais, France to the cliffs of Dover, England in 13 minutes this past Friday.
Yves Rossy is a Swiss commercial airline pilot and has been working on this project since 2001. The dream started with an original prototype developed with Jet-Cat a german model jet engine company. The jetpack was fine tuned and perfected in the following years, ending in today’s model which has a wingspan of ten feet, jet engines, and a full tank allowing him to fly just over ten minutes.
Friday’s flight began with a skydive from a plane 8,800 feet over Calais. The 22 mile journey ended with Rossy opening his parachute and safely gliding down to earth (Dover to be exact).
Now for the million dollar question…..I wonder when these jetpacks will go for sale? For more info visit Rossy’s website jet-man.com
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The days of living like the Jetsons are getting closer and closer. Yves Rossy, who calls himself Fusionman (but looks like Buzz Lightyear), successfully crossed the English Channel….flying from Calais, France to the cliffs of Dover, England in 13 minutes this past Friday.
Yves Rossy is a Swiss commercial airline pilot and has been working on this project since 2001. The dream started with an original prototype developed with Jet-Cat a german model jet engine company. The jetpack was fine tuned and perfected in the following years, ending in today’s model which has a wingspan of ten feet, jet engines, and a full tank allowing him to fly just over ten minutes.
Friday’s flight began with a skydive from a plane 8,800 feet over Calais. The 22 mile journey ended with Rossy opening his parachute and safely gliding down to earth (Dover to be exact).
Now for the million dollar question…..I wonder when these jetpacks will go for sale? For more info visit Rossy’s website jet-man.com