Yves Rossy Real Life Rocket Man

By admin | May 19, 2008
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Photo Source: Anja Niedringhaus / AP

Maybe I should have said Iron Man, given the recent box office success.  But the moniker “Rocket Man” seems much more appropriate.  Yves Rossy is a former fighter pilot who now flies around the alps on a homemade rocket suit.  Gotta love it.

The device cost around $300,000 to build and consists of 4 jet powered turbine engines and a carbon composite wing structure.  Yves flies at around 190mph and can complete rolls.  As you will see from the video, he jumps out of an airplane at the start and parachutes in at the end.  That ending looks a little rough.



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  1. jay May 23, 2008 10:26 pm

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