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Jetman Yves Rossy Flies In Formation With Jets

Posted by samzenpus on from the it's-a-bird!-it's-a-plane! dept.

smitty777 writes "Slashdot has been following Yves Rossy in his previous exploits across the Grand Canyon and his attempts at international flight. He is now flying in formations with real jets. He even does a barrel roll around the two fighters in the video below."

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  1. Not really new by squidflakes · · Score: 3, Interesting

    There is a poster calendar in my office from Breitling that shows a picture of Mr. Rossy in formation with four Breitling aerobatic jets from an airshow in 2009.

  2. Counterpart to JetMan (speed flying paraglider) by ZermattGeek · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I got to know Yves back in the 90's when he spent some time hanging out here in Zermatt (pre Jet-man days, when he only was doing sky surfing on a scale jet model of the Mirage he used to fly for the Swiss Air Force). Very nice guy. Very intense + focused guy too!

    Here you can see a speed flyer (tiny, tiny paraglider) doing a similar trick with a guy flying a wing suit (in Wengen Switzerland). Kudos!
    B.A.S.E. XRW part one - http://vimeo.com/29231099
    B.A.S.E. XRW part two - http://vimeo.com/30623100

    And this one is just plain cool. Great tune and slick video mix.
    Spitfire Proximity - http://youtu.be/IZ9xoV6sUFc
    (as my flying buddy told me: *the only reason to wear a helmet for these sports, is to have a place to mount your GoPro*)