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Yves Rossy who is known as "Fusion Man" flew over the Alps in Switzerland yesterday with a jet-powered set of wings.  Sci-Fi is prescient once again.   This is what I want to do in my next lifetime!

 

http://www.physorg.com/news130056672.html

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ip2NL4nPOLg  (in French)

 

(AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)


 

 
   

 


 
 
shadeofgray on
Re: Swiss man soars above alps on jet-powered wing
Not for me... I get nervous riding my bike in the street.  Great video.
ubu13 on
Re: Swiss man soars above alps on jet-powered wing
Aw...can't I carry you piggy-back?  I would LOVE this kind of thing.  I'm not a sky-diver kind of person - that's too high risk for me.  But this is different.  And I love hot air balloon rides.
shadeofgray on
Re: Swiss man soars above alps on jet-powered wing
you've been in a hot air balloon?
ubu13 on
Re: Swiss man soars above alps on jet-powered wing
It was tethered (alas), but yes, I went up and stayed up for a while and loved it.  Interestingly, I have a fear of heights, but when you go up gently like that, it didn't bother me.

 
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