Posted on 14 May 2008. Tags: adventure, awesome experience, exploring, extreme, fly like a bird, flying like a bird, man flying, man in flight, motivation, optimism, yves rossy
This is not a prank. Apparently this guy really did this. He’s the first. Maybe the last. I’m of the notion that you don’t want to push it too far if you’ve got a good (but dangerous) thing going. Sure, ham it up once for the cameras, and then get back to the drawing board – or sign someone else up to fly that contraption around! As far as dangerous – this must be OFF THE SCALE!
Yves Rossy jumped from a plane at an altitude of 8,000 feet with jet-fuel powered wings attached to his back in a harness type contraption. He did several loops at around 300 km per hour (180+mph).
Photos courtesy of Fabrice Coffrini at Getty Images.
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