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'Human jet' crosses the English Channel
LONDON, England (AP) -- Swiss adventurer Yves Rossy successfully crossed the English Channel using his homemade jet-propelled wing Friday, the first man to perform the feat.
Yves Rossy makes a safe landing after successfully crossing the English Channel.
Rossy leapt from a plane more than 8,800 feet or a mile and a half from the ground, before firing up his jets.
He made the 22-mile trip from Calais in France to Dover in England in a little under 15 minutes.
He began the Friday flight just before 1207 GMT; by 12:15 GMT, Rossy was above British soil and looped over onlookers before opening his parachute, with his wings still strapped to his back.
He touched down in a field near the famous white cliffs of Dover.
The stunt had been postponed from its scheduled date Thursday when visibility deteriorated.
"It's not so safe to fly across water if you can't see," Rossy told National Geographic Channel in a live television interview Thursday. "I don't have any instruments, and I need to be able to see the landing site." . Watch more on 'Human Jet' ยป
The trip across the Channel is meant to trace the route of French aviator Louis Bleriot, the first person to cross the narrow body of water in an airplane 99 years ago LONDON, England (AP) -- Swiss adventurer Yves Rossy successfully crossed the English Channel using his homemade jet-propelled wing Fri... more -
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Click on the pic for some extraordinary video footage of the event. A 48-year-old Swiss man has successfully jumped out of a plane over the Alps using a new improved version of his jet propelled hang-gl... more -
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Go Fast Jet Pack
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Erik Nordby's blog
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