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Man Attempts To Cross English Channel With Jet Wing
Back in May, we told you about Swiss pilot Yves Rossy and his personal jet powered wing. It seems Mr. Rossy will now try to cross the English Channel with his invention. The flight was planned for Sept. 25 but had to be canceled due to poor weather. Yves will leap from a plane more than 2,500 meters off the ground, fire up his jets and try to make the 35-kilometer flight from Calais in France to Dover in England. If all goes well, the flight will take about 12 minutes. I'd like to officially ask Mr. Rossy for a review model for Slashdot.
I don't think he'll even be high enough above the ground for a parachute if everything doesn't work out!
At 5100 feet, he'll be covered....
Don't tell me to get a life. I'm a gamer; I have LOTS of lives!
it's like a car, in that it is possible to cross the channel in it, but it neither the most cost effective, nor sensible way to do it.
What if Tetris was invented by Nazis?