First human jet crosses Channel
26/09/2008 14:39 - (SA)
Swiss adventurer Yves Rossy has flown across the English Channel from France in less than 10 minutes. (AP File)
Dover - A Swiss adventurer using a jet-propelled wing has flown across the English Channel from France in less than 10 minutes.
Yves Rossy, who calls himself FusionMan, landed safely in a field near Dover on Friday.
He leapt from a plane at more than 2 500 meters, fired up his jets and made the 35-kilometer trip from Calais in France to Dover in England in less than 10 minutes.
He began the Friday flight just before 12:07 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.
Rossy touched down in a field near the white cliffs of Dover.
2 comments:
I can't believe he actually made it. Not sure if he is brave or stupid. Should I say : "Well done?" but...for what? Easier to catch the train...that's why they built it.
Different strokes....lucky for him it wasn't backstroke.
Brave i think. But same for top gear crossing the channel in a bloody nissen hardbidy.
I think this guy has it smarter ;-)
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