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Breitling Jet Team Flies With JetMan!

In Amazing Stories, Flight, Fun Technology on November 29, 2011 at 1:09 am

The Swiss fighter jet aerobatic team sponsored by Breitling, recently surprised everyone with a new addition to their formation: JetMan!

In an awe inspiring performance, JetMan streaked across the Swiss countryside at almost 12o MPH in formation with the L-39 Albatross fighter jets to show off the stability and performance cababilities of his amazing flying suit. Seeming to easily maintain position in their formation, JetMan, aka Yves Rossy, a former Swiss fighter pilot himself, showed off the agility of his micro-jet engined flying-wing-suit and established yet another milestone in his breathtaking new venture: making self-propelled flight a reality anyone can someday enjoy.

His major sponsor, Breitling watches has kept Rossy financially powered and in the spotlight with recent exploits such as spanning the Grand Canyon and now this latest incredible formation flying with their Breitling jet aerobatic team. Read the rest of this entry »

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The Daring Adventures Of JetMan!

In Flight, Fun Technology, Travel on August 18, 2011 at 5:14 am

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With a pair of rockets strapped to his back, Swiss  adventurer “JetMan” Yves Rossy soared over the Grand Canyon over the weekend, marking the flying man’s first U.S. flight.

Steering only with movements of his body, JetMan launched from a helicopter at 8,000 feet over the canyon and skimmed the walls of one of the America’s grandest natural formations on a sunny weekend morning, before deploying his parachute and descending to the Canyon floor. Just don’t ask when it happened.

While a spokeswoman for the adventurer said that the flight was a success, and issued a picture of Rossy over the Grand Canyon, she could not specify what time Rossy flew, or even whether the flight was on Saturday or Sunday.

“My first flight in the U.S. is sure to be one of the most memorable experiences in my life,” Rossy said in a press release issued Tuesday. “Not only for the sheer beauty of the Grand Canyon but the honor to fly in sacred Native American lands.”

“Thank you Mother Nature and the Hualapai Tribe for making my lifelong dreams come true.” Read the rest of this entry »

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