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« Reply #12 on: May 18, 2011, 12:12:55 AM »


Swiss adventurer Yves Rossy "JETMAN", deploys his parachutes as he approaches Dover on September 26, 2008 in England. Rossy successfully flew across the English Channel from Calais, France with a single jet-propelled wing on his back having jumped from a plane at 2500 meters (10,000 ft.). He crossed the 23 mile channel in 12 minutes reaching speeds of 118mph.
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Yves Rossy deploys his parachute before landing at The South Foreland Lighthouse on September 26, 2008 near Dover, England. Former Swiss Air pilot Yves Rossy crossed the English Channel tracing the route first flown by French aviator Loius Bleriot in 1909. Rossy used his homemade jet wing, launched from a plane 2.5 KM high, to cross the 35 KM of The English Channel in 12 minutes.
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