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Video: ‘Jetman’ Flies in Formation With Two Jet Planes Over the Swiss Alps
- Posted on November 26, 2011 at 7:43am by
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"Jetman" Yves Rossy took to the skies alongside two jet planes in his custom-made wingsuit to fly over the Swiss Alps. (Image source: ABC)
Swiss adventurer Yves Rossy, otherwise known as “Jetman,” took to the skies recently to fly in formation with two jet planes over the Swiss Alps.
The aerobatic display took place alongside two L-39C Albatros planes using Rossy’s custom-made jet-propelled wingsuit.
"Jetman" mid-flight over the Swiss Alps. (ABC)
Rossy, 52, has previously executed amazing mid-air loop-the-loop maneuvers and flown over the Grand Canyon. He is the only man in aviation history to complete such stunts.
Watch below, via ABC:
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Comments (98)
abstractalan
Posted on November 26, 2011 at 11:03amI don’t know why this is such a big deal….Iron Man has been doing it for years and look at Superman, he doesn’t even need a jet pack…. Geeeeessshhh!!
Report Post »Barackalypse Now
Posted on November 26, 2011 at 11:16amIron Man is now the new American hero. Superman is a turncoat.
Report Post »sarcasticus
Posted on November 26, 2011 at 11:21amAnd the Green Lantern can do it with just one little piece of jewelry.
Report Post »ProbIemSoIver
Posted on November 26, 2011 at 12:01pmMaybe he can save us from the global elite.
Report Post »Bum thrower
Posted on November 26, 2011 at 12:38pmWait until “Jahid-Man’ gets one of these…….
Report Post »bikerr
Posted on November 26, 2011 at 2:15pm@abstractalan——UNDERDOG did it without mechanics!. Rocky needed a moose.
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on November 26, 2011 at 5:54pmWhatever happened to… SuperGirl?
Report Post »natebub
Posted on November 26, 2011 at 9:41pmTHOR does it all with a hammer,,,,,,,,,how bout them apples?
Report Post »Hickory
Posted on November 26, 2011 at 9:44pmHaven’t you guys heard? The new super hero “Muslim Man”. He lives in the white house and flies all over the world…….. on our dime.
Report Post »GdHUs
Posted on November 26, 2011 at 10:01pm@BUM THROWER
SH-SH-SH …. Not so loud
Report Post »Conservitive Ticker
Posted on November 28, 2011 at 12:01pmThe mere cries of a babe sends Foreskin Man in to action.
Report Post »Thevoice
Posted on November 26, 2011 at 10:44amMaybe a aviation buff could answer a question. Seeing as the two jets with him are “private” or corporate owned..Just guessing on the make around a f4 era …Can you privately own one in this country ?…Just wondering …
Report Post »MontanaRob
Posted on November 26, 2011 at 11:04amI’m not sure what is entailed, but about a decade ago I knew a local guy who owned a fully operational(sans weaponry) Mig 17. He flew it at numerous airshows and on several occasions locally. It became prohibitively expensive to operate and maintain and I think it ended up in a museum somewhere.
Report Post »MUSE_FENDERTAMA
Posted on November 26, 2011 at 11:14amThe FAA regulations don’t say that you cant but, you obviously wouldn’t be able to have side winder misles on your plane. If you have a couple million just sitting around go to Syria to get an F4 and have some fun.
Report Post »sarcasticus
Posted on November 26, 2011 at 11:32amSure can-go to http://www.controller.com, and under categories, select military turbine and enjoy.
Report Post »If you’re serious, be ready to do a lot of paper work.
Also, USC Title 14 would be an ‘interesting’ read on the subject.
Thevoice
Posted on November 26, 2011 at 11:41amThanks …Got interesting …After you start googling…Saw a deal for 13,500 you go to Russia get training and can fly a mig 29 …Well made for some interesting searching …
Report Post »corbecket
Posted on November 26, 2011 at 12:35pmOf course you can own a military aircraft. Now, as to whether you can operate it, and live. That is a completely different question. There are a number of factors that can affect your survival.
Are you good at reading foreign languages, because that is what many of your operating manuals will be written in. There are no, “Operating L-19′s For Dummies”. The same goes for maintenance manuals. Can you get parts for these things? NAPA doesn’t carry most of them.
Do you have the disposable income of some third world countries? 15 years ago I had an offer on some soviet block jets that was quite reasonable. However, I knew of no mechanics that knew anything about the care and feeding of the beasts. I had no interest in importing the talent to keep them running.
Finally, even if everything works on these aircraft, are you good enough to fly them? You’re not going to be able to go to FlightSafety to get typed, because you’re operating beyond the boundries of know space when it comes to an aviation knowledge base. I had a guy about 30 miles north of me that figured he could drive one without the proper training. He ended up in the bottom of a crater (the rest of the aircraft came down over a wide area). Unfortunately, he took an innocent with him when he terminated their existence. Unforgivable.
Just because you can afford to fly one, doesn’t mean you should.
Report Post »babylonvi
Posted on November 26, 2011 at 2:37pmYes , if you can afford to run and maintain it(un-armed of course).
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1368515/Billionaire-Microsoft-founder-Paul-Allen-buys-MiG-29-jet-fighter.html
Report Post »Wylderover
Posted on November 26, 2011 at 2:57pmThe two jets pictured were built in the 1990s. This is a modern jet trainer with a totally modular glass instrument panel. They are equipped with two turbo fan engines which are quite efficient but fuel for this aircraft is $10/gallon for JP-5. Being that this aircraft isn‘t a relic out of the 60’s it’s really too complex for your average guy to work on. You can purchase one here in the US for around $300,000, pretty spendy for a two seater. As far as weather these aircraft are privately owned or not isn’t really a matter of the cost of owning one of these. Miley Cyrus, an 18 year old pop singer is said to have amassed around a billion dollars. Definitely with in her budget!
Report Post »avbsoftworks
Posted on November 26, 2011 at 5:16pmThere are several companies that are building fighter like private aircraft, and because they use non military parts are much easier to maintain, the one I’ve seen on Discovery Channel look similar to an A4, two seater. I think they said for somewhere around 3/4 of million. Not sure if it’s available yet.
Report Post »The Prince of Heft
Posted on November 26, 2011 at 10:46pmI once met a guy who lives and works out of Florida. His company retro fits old F4s with hydrolic actuators and such to make them fully remote control. The military uses them for real life target practice!
Report Post »BuggiOlleo
Posted on November 26, 2011 at 10:10amI found this interesting until I felt slighted by the cheater dropping from a chopper..
Report Post »for-what-its-worth
Posted on November 26, 2011 at 11:09amChopper drop or not…it’s still pretty awesome!
Report Post »ProbIemSoIver
Posted on November 26, 2011 at 12:14pmCheater ? You want him to attach wheels to his knees and neck, take-off and hopefully land successfully ? lol.
I just want to know if they have a download for the jetman on MS Flight Simulator X.
Report Post »GollygeeMrwilson
Posted on November 26, 2011 at 9:37amThe only man in history………sigh
High Flight
by John Gillespie Magee, Jr.
Oh, I have slipped the surly bonds of earth,
Report Post »And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;
Sunward I’ve climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth
Of sun-split clouds…and done a hundred things
You have not dreamed of…wheeled and soared and swung
High in the sunlit silence. Hov’ring there,
I’ve chased the shouting wind along, and flung
My eager craft through footless halls of air.
Up, up, the long, delirious burning blue
I’ve topped the windswept heights with easy grace
Where never lark, nor even eagle flew.
And while with silent, lifting mind I’ve trod
The high untrespassed sanctity of space…
…put out my hand, and touched the face of God.
Unix
Posted on November 26, 2011 at 9:42amWell, you gotta admit the man has stones down there! I think it is neat, and we should give this man some credit.
Report Post »V-MAN MACE
Posted on November 26, 2011 at 10:07amI can fly like that without wings. It’s called Bubba Kush.
Report Post »ramburner
Posted on November 26, 2011 at 9:57pm@Unix; A thinking man, u r funny. Go for it Jetman!
Report Post »Secessionista
Posted on November 26, 2011 at 9:35am“Now carry this bomb across the alps and drop it over berlin.”
Report Post »Unix
Posted on November 26, 2011 at 9:44amNo no, turn right and drop it on Ack-my-dinner-jacket and watch him dance to hell.
Report Post »ObserverOnTheHill
Posted on November 26, 2011 at 9:33amI think the flying glider / wingsuits is much cooler
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QiXNxlM4BeE
Report Post »Bruce_Almty
Posted on November 26, 2011 at 9:30amDoes wearing a crash helmet help??? I’m thinking bubble wrap.
Report Post »abstractalan
Posted on November 26, 2011 at 11:00amIt’s as stupid as wearing seat belts on a plane.Is that so they can identify your shattered, splattered remains? Or do people actually think that they are safe because they are wearing their seat belts? Yeah! OK!
Report Post »mcmxl22
Posted on November 26, 2011 at 12:35pmI know they don’t do anything for a crash but being in a seat belt on a plane will prevent you form smashing into the ceiling during bad turbulence. I have family members who can speak from experience.
Report Post »Secessionista
Posted on November 26, 2011 at 9:30amCharacters Remaining: 1474
Report Post »Lone Ranger
Posted on November 26, 2011 at 9:27amIronman did it better.
Report Post »wordweaver
Posted on November 26, 2011 at 10:49amFirst thing I thought of when I saw this. We just watched the movie last night.
Report Post »In detroit
Posted on November 26, 2011 at 9:24amWhen a man is not afraid he is truly free , God I miss the old america that just wanted to win , please come back
Report Post »woodyl1011fl
Posted on November 26, 2011 at 4:52pmYou will have to help by defeating the democrat party’s totalitarian barbarians and republican rinos.at every leves. The present democrat party controlled senate is the most dangerous legislative body in terms our survival as a free civilization along with democrat scuhmerite and rino judges at all levels. 2012 is our last chance to thwart the establishment of a totalitarian socialist state by the Bolshevik democrat party of demagoguery, deceit, lies, death, destruction, it’s media machine of the same moral character and survive as a free people.
Report Post »ramburner
Posted on November 26, 2011 at 9:55pm@Woody….. I agree!
Report Post »chasbronson
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 1:50am+10 Woody
Report Post »Anna Fallaxis
Posted on November 26, 2011 at 9:11amOkay, he’s in the Swiss Alps, so the question is, did he see the apparition of JESUS AND MARY up there? (I think it may be real, by the way. When Jesus was here on earth, people still doubted him even after he performed miracles).
Report Post »forthepeople
Posted on November 26, 2011 at 9:10amThere was this 007 movie with wing sleds ?
Report Post »Darkvista
Posted on November 26, 2011 at 9:10amHey Yves, say hello to John Denver for me.
Report Post »bert5507
Posted on November 26, 2011 at 9:09amI’d rather try a glider.
Report Post »GTH
Posted on November 26, 2011 at 8:55amWon’t be long before this guy buys the farm. As my friend Forest Gump once said, “Stupid is as stupid does.”
Report Post »dnewton
Posted on November 26, 2011 at 3:30pmI agree with you. I would be worried about flying into a wing tip vortex. Maybe they planned for that. Just stay higher and above the adjacent plane.
Report Post »Thinking Man
Posted on November 26, 2011 at 8:52amThis is neat stuff. But, while we are watching all this, the US and Russia are building up forces around Syria and this site is ignoring those dangers. Has The Blaze become just another Drudge Report? What happened to the distraction theories?
Report Post »shelly11369
Posted on November 26, 2011 at 9:03amit’s just a fun breather before more dipressing truth.
Report Post »GTH
Posted on November 26, 2011 at 11:25amWorld politician’s answer to a bad world economy. We’re gonna need a lot of bombs and tanks and stuff made, that’ll bump up the economy. And lessen the world population too. It’s a win, win situation. For the guy sitting at the desk, that is.
Report Post »Baikonur
Posted on November 26, 2011 at 8:52amCoolest thing ever!
Report Post »landofthefree2012
Posted on November 26, 2011 at 8:45amSurpised Ahmedinajad hasn’t captured him yet. Smaller target to fly into Israel with…
Report Post »80mesh
Posted on November 26, 2011 at 8:45amits great to soar with eagles
but …
weasels dont get sucked into jet engines
Report Post »Philo Beddoe
Posted on November 26, 2011 at 8:16amHey Blaze, how about editing OUT the advertisements in the video.
I’m trying to get away from Madison Avenue
Report Post »tajloc
Posted on November 26, 2011 at 10:54amI don’t think u get it. Econ 101 Please read up on it.
Report Post »Bonnieblue2A
Posted on November 26, 2011 at 8:12amVery cool. Human ingenuity is limited only by tyrannical governments. Right now the Swiss are more free than Americans.
Report Post »RichNGadsden
Posted on November 26, 2011 at 8:28amDid you not catch the statement in the video that he flew across the Grand Canyon?
Report Post »tobywil2
Posted on November 26, 2011 at 8:55amThe Bureaucracy v/s innovation: see cartoon http://commonsense21c.com/images/STATUS_QUO.jpg
Report Post »MeMadMax
Posted on November 26, 2011 at 8:07amWow, that takes some big balls to do that kind of stuff.
Report Post »Brewskie
Posted on November 26, 2011 at 8:36amYou’re right
I’m surprised he was able to get off the gound
Report Post »scrapadapolis
Posted on November 26, 2011 at 8:07amCan this be the ultimate rush.Man I want to fly..
Report Post »Kelso
Posted on November 26, 2011 at 9:24amI agree…I like to fly, but this is the ultimate…no gauges, towers talking to you, passengers asking millions of questions, just as you said, souring like an eagle! I would still have to find out how high I could go, but nothing over 11-12k feet, or I’ll would have to bring some O2.
Report Post »Darla_K
Posted on November 26, 2011 at 7:58amThis would be awesome to do if I was guaranted not to crash. What a way to see the world. :)
Report Post »Thomas Payne
Posted on November 26, 2011 at 8:14am^^ Truth.
If you want to fly, contact a local airport, small one, not international, and set up an exploratory flight. Costs about $50. You get to handle the controls and everything, but a certified instructor is right next to you the whole time. Enjoy!
Report Post »justneedaname
Posted on November 26, 2011 at 8:24amGee, and it would be awesome to drive one of them-there motor cars if you guaranteed not to crash.
Report Post »spankadonkey
Posted on November 26, 2011 at 7:57amRon Paul – Significant ACCOMPLISHMENTS ?????????????????????? None !!!!!!!!!!