BERCHER, Switzerland (AP) — Swiss adventurer Yves Rossy has completed two aerial loops using a custom-made jet-propelled wingsuit.
Rossy jumped from a hot-air balloon above Lake Geneva on Friday and performed the daredevil stunt before landing safely with a parachute.
He declared himself “very happy and satisfied” at Friday’s stunt, which comes two years after his first successful flights over the nearby Swiss Alps.
The 51-year-old former fighter pilot and extreme sports enthusiast has since flown across the English Channel and last year tried to cross the Strait of Gibraltar from Morocco to Spain.
That attempt ended in failure when Rossy ditched in the sea due to strong turbulence.
Amazing video from Rossy’s point of view during his 18-minute flight, via Fox News:
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sbenard
Posted on November 6, 2010 at 5:27pm“Meet George Jet-son. Da – dum – da – da!”
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Posted on November 6, 2010 at 5:26pmNow if he can just figure out a way to take off from the ground and land without a parachute or injury…
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Posted on November 6, 2010 at 5:22pmWhat makes it more amazing still is that there is really isn’t any way to do a practice run. He puts his life at risk just trying such a stunt! He must have VERY expensive life insurance, IF he can get it at all!
In the past, he has jumped from airplanes rather than from a hot air balloon. This is the first time I’ve seen him use a hot air balloon.
He even has his own website. Just search for “jetman” and it will take you there. Cool pics, vids.
Report Post »Hoosier Daddy
Posted on November 7, 2010 at 10:43amI think he needed folding wings to jump from a plane and extended them after he jumped (I could be wrong…often am). The balloon allows him to use a rigid (non-folding) wing. I have no doubt that someone will attempt to land one of these without deploying a parachute at some point. I hope they survive. I would like to try jumping a wingsuit (fabric wings with some lift) someday. They continue to develop and improve the performance of those. Anything to extend the thrill of freefall.
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Posted on November 6, 2010 at 4:59pmI’ve watched this guys for years! His antics have always amazed me. I keep his pic on my hard drive to remind me that dreams can be achieved.
If he just wore roller skates (tongue-in-cheek), he wouldn’t need the parachute; he could land on a runway!
Vroom! You go, dude!
Report Post »Legal Immigrant
Posted on November 6, 2010 at 10:09amHold muh beer and watch this y’all. :)
Report Post »ozz
Posted on November 6, 2010 at 8:42amHell I’d try it :D
Report Post »Okpulot Taha
Posted on November 6, 2010 at 3:12amBoy howdy! We should outfit twenty-thousand of our military girls and boys with those jet things painted stars and stripes, then have those Jetson soldiers do ground hugging flyovers of Bin Laden and his Taliban boys. This would scare the bejeezus out of those ignorant 13th century camel jockeys!
Okpulot Taha
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Luckywon
Posted on November 6, 2010 at 1:38amRemember, Remember, the 5th of November. The gunpowder, Treason and Plot. I can think of no reason the gunpowder treason, should ever be forgot.
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tnturner
Posted on November 6, 2010 at 12:40amThat’s just too freaking cool.
Report Post »joseph Fawcett
Posted on November 6, 2010 at 12:40amNeat, man can fly for real now!
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Report Post »capitalismrocks
Posted on November 6, 2010 at 12:31amCrazy guy, two thumbs up!!!
Report Post »SilentReader
Posted on November 5, 2010 at 11:30pmWow!
Report Post »snowleopard3200 {mix art}
Posted on November 5, 2010 at 11:28pmInteresting indeed.
Report Post »dontbotherme
Posted on November 5, 2010 at 11:24pmCool. I want one.
Report Post »untameable-kate
Posted on November 6, 2010 at 11:26amYeah…. no.
Report Post »WhiteFang
Posted on November 5, 2010 at 11:22pmAmazing guy, a true adventurer.
Report Post »Blacktooth
Posted on November 5, 2010 at 11:32pmHe was really moving with those jets, and when he dived, I wonder how fast he was going with only straps to hold the wing to his body. Amazing!
Report Post »Spookytruck
Posted on November 6, 2010 at 2:14pmCool. I love adventure. I does my heart good to see people doing the kind of things I would love to do. I do what I can afford, MAN!
Report Post »MrButcher
Posted on November 5, 2010 at 11:16pmnifty
Report Post »mizflame98
Posted on November 5, 2010 at 11:31pmI’d be yelling Yee Haw the whole time!
Report Post »TumbleBumble
Posted on November 6, 2010 at 8:06pmI can only imagine the feeling. Amazing!
Report Post »chazman
Posted on November 6, 2010 at 8:37pm… another word for ‘thin skinned …’ Hmmm. let me see. How ’bout LIZARD SKIN!
Report Post »KingArthurUp
Posted on November 5, 2010 at 11:16pmI wish they had strapped this on Odumba’s back and he flew to the Swiss Alps.
Report Post »TruthTalker
Posted on November 5, 2010 at 11:52pmzero hour nine a.m. he’s the rocket man etc,etc.
Report Post »jzs
Posted on November 6, 2010 at 4:35amYeah, “Odumba’s” back. Hilarious! LOL!!!!! Odumba! Stop with the jokes, you’re killing me here Einstein!
jzs
Posted on November 6, 2010 at 5:03amIm sorry to be slow here, but NOW I REALLY GET IT!!!. Odumba is like a combination of Obama and dumb, right? It’s like the two words put together to show that Obama is dumb right? LOL!!!! That makes me think about another word somebody told me about which was ******* if I spelled that correct. That comes from taking the word liberal – stay with me here – with the word retarded, and combining them into one word! LOL!!! LOL!!! Liberal means retarded!
Amother good one I saw was “************.” That‘s like there’s this camel like they have in the desert see. And jockey is like those guys that ride horses right? And you put those words together and you get ************, which is like those Arabs Muslins. It‘s so true because that’s what they are and saying what the are isn’t an insults right? It’s just what they are a bunch of camel jockeys. That ain‘t prejudiced or nothin that’s just usin the words the Good Lord gave us. And the Good Lord ain’t stupid or nothin.
Polwatcher
Posted on November 6, 2010 at 6:10amWhat is another word for “thin-skinned”?
Report Post »ozz
Posted on November 6, 2010 at 8:39am@JZS You should seek professional help. No, not a head shrink, a comedian.
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Posted on November 6, 2010 at 11:18amPeople worry about America not making cars anymore. What do not realize is that we are moving on to the flying car.
http://articles.cnn.com/2010-06-30/travel/transition.flying.car_1_light-sport-aircraft-anna-dietrich-sport-pilot?_s=PM:TRAVEL
IF you have the time you need to watch your reps’ every move and make sure people know about what they are doing. If a couple of people in each city got together to watch their reps they could do incredible work.
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jzs
Posted on November 6, 2010 at 12:41pmOzz, I agree. In the meantime I’m going to keep my day job.
Report Post »kraphtsman
Posted on November 6, 2010 at 4:21pmHa, ! Me too !
The main differences between this man and Obama are: 1) this man has real experience and qualifications to back him up in what he does 2) he’s proven his worth to his country 3) he didn’t get where he is by being a government-sanctioned quota 4) he didn’t rely on government handouts (and those who do) to get where he is, and 5) he’s a real man… (not some little person with a giant ego with way too much unjustified “audacity”) who’s willing to risk his own arse (not everyonelse’s) to prove it.
Obama’d be flapping his scrawny arms (and big ears), running his big socialist mouth and crying all the way to the ground if someone strapped this wing on him and threw his sorry butt out of Air Force One !
Report Post »jzs
Posted on November 6, 2010 at 10:08pmNo way is Obama qualified to do this guy’s job!
Report Post »Larry Sheldon
Posted on November 7, 2010 at 11:23amI do not agree with any wishes for physical harm of the President.
I detest the man and everything he does, but we have to be way above wishing (or worse yet, causing) any physical harm to him (or anybody, really).
I have no problem with emotional distress, like the rest of his Party abandoning him.
And I state those opinions free-standing, without calling upon reflection of the ramifications and implications of any harm occurring.
It is just wrong.
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