Rocket man flies on jet-powered wings

Why is this on here. Because it’s every little boys dream to be able to fly. Finally mine may be coming true.

Former fighter pilot reaches 186 miles an hour during first public flight

Rocket Man

By Frank Jordans

updated 1:42 p.m. ET, Wed., May. 14, 2008

BEX, Switzerland - Some people go fishing on their day off. Yves Rossy likes to jump out of a small plane with a pair of jet-powered wings and perform figure eights above the Swiss Alps.

Rossy, 48, made his first public flight with his self-made flying contraption in front of the world press Wednesday, after five years of training and many more years of dreaming.

“This flight was absolutely excellent,” the former fighter pilot and extreme sports enthusiast said after touching down on an airfield near the eastern shore of Lake Geneva.

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  1. Posted May 15, 2008 at 2:36 pm | Permalink

    hey darryl. thanks for all your thoughts on the bodyweight workouts. it’s really encouraging because sometimes i find myself wanting jump on the fancy popular workouts (like tt for abs or the big 5) so it’s good to hear from someone who used the plain old bodyweight phase 1 and got such good results. and i’m loving your comments all over the forum. it sounds like you’re really in the zone mentally, so i’m expecting great things of you in the next 12 weeks (and beyond)!

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