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Old 15-May-2008, 02:40 PM
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Default "Fusionman" Soars the Skies

A Swiss adventurer who calls himself Fusionman tried out a new jet powered carbon wing, and successfully flew for 5 minutes on May 15 before landing with a parachute. Yves Rossy, a 48-year-old former air force pilot lit the jets on his wing and then jumped from a plane over Bex, Switzerland. [...]

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Great stuff. I saw a video on TV of some guys in the flying squirrel parasuits who looked like they were flying above an elevated road by a large canyon.
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