Swiss Fusion-Man or RocketMan flies using 4 jet engines

Yves Rossy, the swiss rocket man or fusion man, A 48 year old man has successfully jumped out of a plane over the Alps using a new improved version of his jet propelled hang-glider.

Yves Rossy has spent five years training for the event and was helped by four jet engines. The dream of flight has dominated man’s imagination since time began.

Now Yves Rossy from Switzerland says he has become the first person to gain altitude and maintain a stable, horizontal flight thanks to aerodynamic carbon foldable wings. The wings which have a 3 metre span have two kerosene-powered engines attached which propel the passenger.

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Known as Switzerland’s “Fusion Man,” Rossy in November 2006 became the first man in the world to fly with wings and four jet engines strapped to his body.The flight lasted six minutes in Bex, Switzerland, and included an emergency parachute programmed to automatically open if he were to black out, NBC11 reported at the time.

Back in 2005, a Finnish man did a similar stunt. He flied in Finland using 2 jet engines strapped to his feet.
Watch the flying man video below.

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