Tag: YVESROSSY

Well, Yves Rossy, the idiot (or genius, depending on how you look at it) who planned to strap himself to a rocket-powered carbon-fiber wing and fly across the English Channel, successfully made his record-breaking flight across the notoriously chilly body of water yesterday without plummeting to his death. The Swiss daredevil completed his 22-mile, 12-minute, jet-pack-powered flight without ...

Remember yesterday's tantalizing pictures of a backpack-worn jet-powered wing? Today we've got one better: Video of a man wearing a similar device and flying through the air. This is earlier test footage of Yves Rossy, who yesterday jumped out of a small plane with his custom wing strapped to his back, then throttled up and flew over the Swiss Alps. Rossy was able to top 186 miles-per-hour, ...