Jet man

[desertrat]

'Human jet' prepares for second Channel attempt - CNN.com

Rossy plans to leap from plane more than 8,800 feet or a mile and a half off the ground, fire up his jets and try to make the 22-mile trip from Calais in France to Dover in England in about 12 minutes.

Preet cool, but for it to be truly impressive he needs to take off on roller blades. Maybe next time.

 

[Homer J]

'Human jet' prepares for second Channel attempt - CNN.com


Preet cool, but for it to be truly impressive he needs to take off on roller blades. Maybe next time.

Here is a good picture from his last attempt.

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[White Buddah]

Here is a good picture from his last attempt.

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[desertrat]

Here is a good picture from his last attempt.

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Acme rules!

 

[lugebob]

He can launch from my Jet Luge.... already talking to him.... he uses the exact same engine I do...


look for some Jet Man Carrier takeoffs

To bad MIR has powerline all over the place we could take Pinks to a new level.

 

[Larry Gude]

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"It's not so safe to fly across water if you can't see,"

I always enjoy understatement.

 

[theArtistFormerlyKnownAs]

This reminds me, because I saw the commercial while watching David Blaine hang upside down, did anyone else get pissed off at the David Blaine "death dive" or whatever?
I was all ready for bed and didn't really care but GF was like "well, I wanna see what happens or what it even is" and I was like, well, hmmm, could be interesting...stayed up until 1130 or so just to see him jump off and be carried away by cables..."vanishing" into the night.
I was like....

On another note. the Jet Man thing looks way more interesting.