Yves Rossy: Fly with the Jetman

http://www.ted.com Strapped to a jet-powered wing, Yves Rossy is the Jetman -- flying free, his body as the rudder, above the Swiss Alps and the Grand Canyon. After a powerful short film shows how it works, Rossy takes the TEDGlobal stage to share the experience and thrill of flying.

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[rgrkst]

Invention of the very creativity

Will change the face of the world in

Tourism

Smuggling

Wars

And much much more

[clinicallyawesome]

"Being an integral part of the fuselage, he steers the wing using his cast iron balls."

[Taxis95]

He looks like the old Xmen movie and realize a Xman act ! Great men !

[TimeManInJail]

currently its just some booster on a glider, it need the capability to take off from ground. Can't wait for the years to come.

[TheTazzietiger]

Yves served as a fighter pilot in the Swiss Air Force, flying Dassault Mirage IIIs, Northrop F-5 Tiger IIs and Hawker Hunters. He flew Boeing 747s for Swissair. As of 2008, he was flying for Swiss International Air Lines

[hugoOman]

pure freedom, the true essence of life....

[thebuttonmasher]

Someone please send this to the Wright Brothers.

[chafeboy]

just imagine if we could buy these in dealerships

what a dream

[manofsan]

To Infinity and Beyond!

Seriously though, it would be cool if this could be turned into a spectator sport. Might become the new macho testosterone sport, ahead of IndyCar racing. That would help to evolve the technology faster, too. I can picture the Goodyear blimp over a stadium/field, with a bunch of these jet-men jumping out and zooming around, to kick off the jet-men games.

[froyboy4life]

What do people who have experienced this kind of adrenaline dream about? Going to work? Is flying this a job?

[mymusiK2u]

This is just the beginning of flight, up and down with jetspeed. Sooner, they are going to build an Iron Man suit for Yves Rossy -Iron Man. No more Jet Man.

[Lynelner23]

dear santa......