A Working, Winged Jetpack from Switzerland

serutan writes "A Swiss airline pilot and self-described adrenaline junkie named Yves Rossy has developed a working jet-pack and flown it more than 30 times. Actually, it's a pair of rigid carbon fiber wings strapped to his back, with two small kerosene-powered jet engines on each wing — essentially a small jet airplane using the pilot's body as the fuselage. His flights have lasted up to 6-1/2 minutes at speeds over 100mph. Rossy's website and YouTube have some pretty cool videos of him flying around over the mountains like Buzz Lightyear. He is working toward ground takeoffs and landings, but currently he jumps out of an airplane, unfolds the wings and flies until he runs out of fuel, then parachutes to the ground."

Comments

hmmp

[Anonymous Coward]

That's not flying, it's falling with style.

It isn't the flying that's the hard part

[Eudial]

It isn't the flying that's the hard part, it's landing with the bones in your body intact.

Re:Nausicaa

[rucs_hack]

The dude jumps out of a plane with a homemade jetpack and flies around for six minutes, and you're not impressed?

Holy crap...