Yves Rossy

Yves Rossy is a Swiss daredevil known as "Jet-Man with His Wing". He jumps out of planes, ignites hit jetpack, and then soars over the Swiss Alps. It's AWESOME. Check out the Yves Rossy video clips.

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Jet-winged adventurer ditches in Atlantic, unhurt

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A Swiss adventurer trying to soar from Morocco to Spain on jet-powered wings ditched safely into the Atlantic on Wednesday after hitting turbulence and clouds so thick he could not tell if he was flying up or down. The bad weather — rather than a mechanical malfunction, as reported earlier by the project's sponsors — thwarted Yves Rossy's bid to become the first person to achieve such an intercontinental crossing. Rossy waved from the cold blue sea while awaiting rescue, his red wing and striped parachute floating beside him. In time, a rescuer helicopter winched him from the wind-swept waters to safety. "I am ... Read Full Story

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Swiss jetman ditches in sea as Africa-Europe flight fails

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Swiss adventurer Yves Rossy ditched in the sea Wednesday in a failed bid to make aviation history by flying from Africa to Europe using a jet-powered wing attached to his back. The 50-year-old former fighter pilot waved to rescuers before a helicopter carrying a team of paramedics which had been following him throughout the attempt plucked him to safety, live television images showed. He gave the thumbs up sign and walked off the helicopter unaided when it landed in Spain before being taken to hospital for a check-up as a precaution. Rossy was attempting to complete the first intercontinental flight using just a jetpack. ... Read Full Story

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Jetman Ditches In The Atlantic

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Yves Rossy, better known as the ‘Jetman,’ failed in his first attempt to make an intercontinental flight between Europe and Africa. After launching over Morocco, Rossy was heading for Spain over the Strait of Gibraltar when he disappeared from view on the live TV broadcast. Several minutes later the cameras found him swimming in the Atlantic with his parachute. Rossy has made several successful flights with his jet-powered wing which attaches like a backpack. Last year he crossed the English Channel and he has also made numerous flights in the Alps . At a press conference in Spain after the ditching, Rossy thanked his ... Read Full Story

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Modern Day Daedalus And Icarus - Yves Rossy The Flying Guy!

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As a child did you dream of been able to fly? It was something that I dreamt about everyday. I still do now. I wouldnt want wings, because that would just be an awful thing to see these humongous feathery growths coming out of my back. My first thought would be - 'will radiotherapy help this'? Storm of Xmen fame - now there's someone who flies with style. A man today, nearly turned this into reality. Yves Rossy , a chap from Switzerland made this amazing 'kick bum' rocket device which he strapped to his back.... Then Yves Rossy (who sounds like a lovely ... Read Full Story

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Jetman crashes into sea in record flight bid

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Daredevil inventor and pilot Yves Rossy has crashed into the ocean after trying to fly from Africa to Europe with a winged 150mph jetpack. It is thought a malfunction with his jet wing caused Rossy - dubbed Rocket Man - to crash land in the Straits of Gibraltar shortly after his launch. Rossy had leapt from a plane at 6,500ft before extending his eight-foot carbon fibre wings and engaging his four-cylinder jet pack. This should have propelled him to 150mph for the 15 minute journey which would have landed him a place in the record books as the first person to make a intercontinental ... Read Full Story

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Swiss 'Jetman' Yves Rossy ditches in Atlantic

Telegraph.co.ukSwiss 'Jetman' Yves Rossy ditches in AtlanticTimes OnlineThe Swiss adventurer Yves Rossy found himself in deep water today after a failed bid to make the first intercontinental flight using a jet-powered wing attached to his back. Rossy, 60, planned to fly 24 miles (38km) across the the Strait of Gibraltar ...Yves Rossy fails in Africa-Europe flight attemptBBC NewsJetman Yves Rossy crashes into the sea during intercontinental...

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Jetman Jumps from Plane Then Into the Ocean

Yves Rossy’s attempt to fly 28 km across the the Strait of Gibraltar from Tangier in Morocco to Atlanterra in southern Spain fell short. He did make it about 15 km flying his jetwing before he ditched into the Atlantic. I posted about him before: Jetson Jetplane Over English Channel...

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Jetman preparing for historic flight

50-year-old Swiss adventurer Yves Rossy will set out to fly across the Strait of Gibraltar, from North Africa to Europe. The 37km journey from Tangier in Morocco to Tarifa on the south-western tip of Spain is the first of its kind ever attempted. 'It ...

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Splashdown! Rocket Man Yves Rossy crash lands in the ocean in failed...

... Straits of Gibraltar after a failed attempt to make aviation history. Yves Rossy was attempting to complete the first intercontinental flight using just a jetpack. He was soaring through the skies between Morocco and Spain today when he ditched ...

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Strap-on jetwing birdman does an Icarus into Straits of Gibraltar

Yves Rossy flies, undone Renowned backpack birdman Yves Rossy has suffered yet another mishap during an attempt to fly across the Straits of Gibraltar. Windy conditions were blamed by organisers after the Swiss daredevil plunged into the sea minutes after leaping from a small aircraft above Morocco, having intended to land in Spain.…What is your recession sales strategy?

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Jet-Propelled 'Fusion Man' to Attempt New Record-Breaking Flight

Telegraph.co.ukJet-Propelled 'Fusion Man' to Attempt New Record-Breaking FlightFOXNewsSwiss Yves Rossy, known as 'Fusion Man,' poses during a safety test at Tangiers airport. Swiss Yves Rossy, known as 'Fusion Man,' poses during a safety test at Tangiers airport. The pilot known as 'jetman' is confident he will make aviation history ...Jet-powered pilot attempting intercontinental crossing ditches in seaTelegraph.co.ukYves Rossy fails in...

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Rocket Man brought down to earth in strait of Gibraltar

Engine failure said to have forced Yves Rossy to ditch jet-powered wing, wrecking Africa-Europe crossing attemptAs Yves Rossy, known as Rocket Man, sailed over the North Atlantic in his jet-powered wing today, one can only imagine that he was humming along to the Elton John song which shares his nickname.If so, the line "And I think it's gonna be a long long time / Till touch down brings me round again to find …" may have been a bit...

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Jet-winged adventurer ditches in the Atlantic

Yves Rossy as he is seen flying over the Alps in Bex, Switzerland. Rossy went down in the Atlantic Ocean Wednesday trying to fly from Morocco to Spain on jet-powered wings. AP File Photo Yves Rossy as he is seen flying over the Alps in Bex ...

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Man's Attempt To Fly On Jet-Powered Wings Fails

Yves Rossy is seen in May 2008 as he uses his jet-powered wing to fly over the Alps in Bex, Switzerland. Anja Niedringhaus / AP Yves Rossy is seen in May 2008 as he uses his jet-powered wing to fly over the Alps in Bex, Switzerland. text size A A A ...

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