Wednesday, November 06, 2013

The human airplane

Yves Rossy is the human airplane.  Here he is flying over Mt. Fuji.

Mt Fuji jetman

He has also flown over the English Channel, the Grand Canyon and Rio de Janeiro, as well as flying in formation with jet airplanes and a Spitfire fighter. In each flight lasting about 10 minutes, he dove from a helicopter, soared as high as 3657 metres and parachuted back to earth from an altitude of around 800 metres.

Rossy uses a 'jetman' system he designed and built.  It's a backpack with carbon-fibre wings spanning about two metres, powered by four attached jet engines modified from large model aircraft engines and can reach speeds of 300km/h.

Here he is flying over and around Mt. Fuji.

 

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