It's a bird... it's a plane...it's a flying man

  • It's a bird... it's a plane...it's a flying man
  • In 2006, the Swiss pilot Yves Rossy became the first and only man in the history of aviation to fly with a jet-propelled wing, and still is to this day.
  • It's a bird... it's a plane...it's a flying man
  • Yves Rossy was born on August 27th, 1959 in Switzerland. After attending an airshow and admiring military jets when he was 13, he decided that was what he wanted to do.
  • It's a bird... it's a plane...it's a flying man
  • He succeeded in becoming a military pilot, was assigned on the Hawker Hunter, and later Mirage III.
  • It's a bird... it's a plane...it's a flying man
  • After his career in the Air Force, he has worked as a captain with Swiss International Air Lines on commercial flights on Boeing and Airbus airliners.
  • It's a bird... it's a plane...it's a flying man
  • Yves has always dedicated all his free time to flight and experimented all its forms. His dream was however to try to fly in the most natural way possible, by removing the need for the complicated enclosure an aircraft is.
  • It's a bird... it's a plane...it's a flying man
  • He was therefore drawn to the world of free fall, and experimented by trial and error all ways that could allow him to stay longer in the air and control his trajectory, to turn a fall into a flight: sky surf, wingsuit.
  • It's a bird... it's a plane...it's a flying man
  • Still not satisfied, he developed his first real wing, made of a rigid harness and inflatable wing panels, that he was to strap to his back to exceed the performance of all other attempts at "falling forward" that existed at the time.
  • It's a bird... it's a plane...it's a flying man
  • Yves chose to go with model jet turbines, at first 2 of them, which allowed him to just hold level flight in 2005, and then 4 to finally conquer the 3rd dimension in 2006.
  • It's a bird... it's a plane...it's a flying man
  • Since then, Yves Rossy has been training constantly in order to optimise his wing's handling and performance.
  • It's a bird... it's a plane...it's a flying man
  • This endeavour was rewarded for the first time in May 2008 in front of the worldwide press with his first official flight over the Swiss Alps.
  • It's a bird... it's a plane...it's a flying man
  • In September 2008, 99 years after the first crossing of the English Channel by air, the man now known as Jetman followed the path of Louis Bleriot, achieving an amazing flight that was broadcast live to 165 countries and widely covered by the worldwide press.
  • It's a bird... it's a plane...it's a flying man
  • In May 2011, Rossy flew across the Grand Canyon in Arizona, after the United States Federal Aviation Administration granted him permission to perform the flight.
  • It's a bird... it's a plane...it's a flying man
  • This jet pack has led to Yves being nicknamed Airman, Jetman, Rocketman and Fusionman according to his project steps.
  • It's a bird... it's a plane...it's a flying man
  • Yves is now working on a new prototype, smaller and more powerful, which should allow the take-off from the ground and more freedom for aerobatics!
  • It's a bird... it's a plane...it's a flying man
  • It's a bird... it's a plane...it's a flying man
  • It's a bird... it's a plane...it's a flying man
  • It's a bird... it's a plane...it's a flying man
  • It's a bird... it's a plane...it's a flying man
  • It's a bird... it's a plane...it's a flying man
  • It's a bird... it's a plane...it's a flying man
  • It's a bird... it's a plane...it's a flying man
  • It's a bird... it's a plane...it's a flying man
  • It's a bird... it's a plane...it's a flying man
  • It's a bird... it's a plane...it's a flying man
  • It's a bird... it's a plane...it's a flying man
  • It's a bird... it's a plane...it's a flying man
  • It's a bird... it's a plane...it's a flying man
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