Up, Up And Away … To A World Record
source: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/11/25/earlyshow/main4631805.shtml
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(CBS) It's the stuff of science fiction and James Bond. Strap a jet pack to your back and fly like a bird - sort of. But jet packs are science fiction no more.
It's 1,500 feet across from cliff to cliff, and more than a 1,000 chilling feet down to the bottom of the Royal Gorge, bisected the Arkansas River near Canon City, Colo.
"You're going to see me on the other side," Scott said. "This isn't an 'Evel-Knievel, get-a-lot-of-media-out-and-just-screw-it-up' gig, you know," stuntman Eric Scott told CBS station KCNC-TV correspondent Rick Sallinger prior to the flight.
And for good measure, Scott was not using a parachute.
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It's 1,500 feet across from cliff to cliff, and more than a 1,000 chilling feet down to the bottom of the Royal Gorge, bisected the Arkansas River near Canon City, Colo.
"You're going to see me on the other side," Scott said. "This isn't an 'Evel-Knievel, get-a-lot-of-media-out-and-just-screw-it-up' gig, you know," stuntman Eric Scott told CBS station KCNC-TV correspondent Rick Sallinger prior to the flight.
And for good measure, Scott was not using a parachute.
YES!
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