Jet Powered Human Flight

ederen writes "A skydiver outfitted with jet engines and a nylon Birdman suit jumped out of a balloon over Finland to test the idea of powered human flight without the use of an airplane. The event was sponsored in part by Bird-Man International, a company that develops and manufactures the flying-squirrel freefall suits as seen in Tomb Raider and other action movies."

Comments

Award

[rossdee]

I guess he's going for the 2006 Darwin awards.

Not the first time

[Centurix]

I remember jumping from my roof in my batsuit after eating a litre of baked beans. I was eight at the time, don't remember much but I flew from the roof to the hospital bed, which was a whole 10 miles away...

That's not flying

[Rob Parkhill]

That's falling with style.