Man vs. Jet (VIDEO)
Swiss pilot Yves Rossy, the first man in the world to fly under a jet-fitted wing, speeds through the air performing a looping after launching from a hot air balloon on November 5, 2010 above Bercher, western Switzerland. Rossy jumped out of a hot air ballon at about 2,000 meters height.
It's a bird, it's a plane, its… jet man?
Swiss pilot and inventor Yves Rossy found a way to race along the skies alongside real jets using a custom-made jet pack that can flor up to speeds of more tham 125mph.
Rossy strapped himself to the jetsuit and flew alongside two L-39C Albatros jets from the Breitling Jet Team, the world's largest professional civilian aerobatics squad.
Rossy has done similar stunts in the past. In 2008, the jet man used his rocket wings to cross the Channel from France to England in 9 minutes and 7 seconds, reaching a top speed of 186mph. He's also did a loop-de-loop around a hot air balloon in 2010 and flew across the Grand Canyon the year after.
Watch him fly with the jets below.
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