Jetman over Rio - the movie

Yves "Jetman" Rossy once again pushed the boundaries of aviation by completing a fabulous flight above the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

This airborne pioneer, who is the only man to fly with a rigid wing equipped with four jet engines, jumped out of a helicopter above the Rodrigo de Freitas Lake, before stabilizing the wing and heading full throttle north to fly around Corcovado Hill. He then tracked south of the city to fly alongside Ipanema Beach, Copacabana and the famous Sugar Loaf Mountain, before pulling his parachute and landing safely on the beach in front of the Copacabana Palace hotel.

The carbon-kevlar jetwing is equipped with four jet engines, each with a 22 kg thrust, thus propelling the Swiss aviator at a speed of 200-300 km/h which he controls via a simple hand-held throttle in his hand. To adjust his trajectory and his altitude, he relied exclusively on maneuvering his body, shoulders and legs.

The entire feat lasted 11 minutes 35 seconds in all, at an average altitude of 1200 meters, and no problems were reported before, during or after the flight. A former fighter pilot and current Swiss International Air Lines captain, Yves Rossy naturally ensured that all necessary safety measures were in place.

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MARAVILHOSO..... O RIO CONTINUA LINDO...... CIDADE MARAVILHOSA......AMO TUDO ISSO!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Maria Regina Teixeira]

Rio, sempre Cidade Maravilhosa. Amo meu Rio de Janeiro.

[Lucilapan]

Aguardo vocês aqui em Belo Horizonte, na região da Pampulha, também vai ser um belo espetáculo, para nós, mineiros.

E o Rio continua lindo!

parabéns pelo belo espetáculo

[Jorge Roberto Martinez Darcie]

Demais!!!!!



[yule junior]

Magnifico!!!



[Sonia Lacerda]

Fantastic !!! Super Man !!!

[ToinhoFigueiredo]

Esse cara deve ter deixado o Ícaro morto de inveja.

[Adelaide Bortoli]

Muito bem filmado,com uma linda música é maravilhoso,muito obrigado

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José Barbosa Lopes

Espetacular demonstração!. Sinceramente me sentí com meus dez anos de idade nos idos de 1944, quando a minha fantasia de criança ao ler o Gibí, me fazia crer que o Super Homem voava de verdade. Parabens!