Yves Rossy - The Jet Man

For those who are bored with hang-gliding or find skydiving just too dull, a Swiss airline captain has devised the ultimate aerial thrill: flying like a bird.



Thanks to high technology and nerve, Yves Rossy has come closer than anyone to realising the ancient dream of soaring free, flitting through the sky, guided only by the body. As well as a crash helmet he wears a small pair of wings and four tiny jet engines.



Mr Rossy, whose day job is flying passengers around Europe for Swiss, the national airline, still jumps from an aircraft in his Jet Man guise and later uses a parachute to land. His achievement is staying aloft with a minimum of equipment. So far, fuel limits have kept his jaunts to six minutes, but he is making progress and hopes soon to sell his kit to would-be birdmen.



The only mechanical input is a motorcycle grip that controls thrust.

Yves' website is here where there is a better quality video.