personal jet pack? first the swiss army knife, now this …
May 24th, 2008 by john
Ya gotta hand it to the swiss for coming up with the coolest toys!
Yves Rossy was the test pilot on May 14, 2008, in a successful 6-minute flight near Lake Geneva, Switzerland ( not Lake Geneva, Wisconsin? dang … ) jumping at 7,500 feet with jet engines and a folded 8-foot pair of wings strapped to his back.
Rossy is a Swiss pilot, inventor and aviation enthusiast. While research with jet packs dates back to World War II, his is the first contraption to also have wings.
So, can I get one of these on eBay, or what?
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Looks like something Bruce Wayne would have commissioned.
Well, if nothing happens (world plague, world war, world epidemic) this might be something you can pay to do like bungee or skydiving in about 10 years. And in 20 it might be something people just have.
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