Yves Rossy blasted his way through the sky with his jet-powered wings.
Yves Rossy blasted his way through the sky with his jet-powered wings.
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SPAIN - Swiss airline pilot Yves Rossy flies through the air over Spain at 185km/h wearing jet-powered carbon-fibre wings.
He jumped from a plane over Empuriabrava, glided to 2499m and then flew horizontally for four minutes. The former fighter pilot, who spent five years developing his rocket jacket,was driven along by tiny kerosene-fuelled engines.
Rossy landed by cutting the power, then coasting before using a parachute at the last minute. "It was absolutely fantastic, total freedom in three dimensions. So much speed and power, it's better than a bird," the 45-year-old said.
The photographs, taken on March 12, were posted by Rossy on his FusionMan project website as a build-up to his showing off his creation at the Geneva International Exhibition of Inventions next month.
