July 26, 2007: Personal jet noticed

xoB finds this set from location unknown, with his only tag "I know some people are afraid to fly commercial, but this is ridiculous." Yes. So the most of the set is hereby presented, and we assume it is not a fake because it's far more interesting to assume it's real. I particularly like the ear-to-ear grin on the gent in the last shot.

Looks like he's launched form the air, instead of taking off from the ground.

Very cool!

That has to be a total rush!

The URL seen on the wing re-directs to this page.

His name is Yves Rossy, and this is his web page.

Hah, beat that, Batman!

And he's seriously nuts, from his bio.

Seems like I saw that on the Discovery Channel or something like that. Not a lot of protection should he "crash".

Want!

Ok, just curious, but in the 2nd picture where they have their "thumbs up" - doesn't it look like the guy in the middle is comparing his thumb to the "pilots"? Like he's saying -

"It's suppose to be straight up, not to the side" or "not pointing at me".

Hey, those eyes are sharp as well as pretty, jester.

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Originally Posted by Uisge Beatha Hey, those eyes are sharp as well as pretty, jester.

seems to me, our pilot here - Yves Rossy - has spent much of his life in pursuit of adrenaline rushes if you explore around his site mentioned above. skysurfing off a hot air balloon ... skysurfing then ditching shute to snowboard down the mountain ... fighter pilot ... cool!

screw the flying bit, check out those watches!

WTF?

Here's the inspiration:

Definately asbestos underware time.

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Originally Posted by bham screw the flying bit, check out those watches! WTF?

What watches, anyway?

Video

Have a look at the video have seen a better one but cannot find it.. Very cool though. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-66AcTo9TU

Nice!

Someone posted the batsuit with jets. That was cool too. Launched from a balloon.

If the dude truly had a sense of style, that suit would be silver.

Yeeeah,(spoken like Office Space boss), I wonder how they figured out they needed to kick him out've a plane...?

Answer:
After he tried running bent over 110MPH down the runway?

Looks cool and you can piss on skydivers and zoom away before they land. :-)

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Originally Posted by Sheldonrs Looks cool and you can piss on skydivers and zoom away before they land. :-)

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Originally Posted by glatt Looks like he's launched form the air, instead of taking off from the ground.

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Originally Posted by Kitsune Now, if we could put him on a treadmill that runs opposite to his forward running on takeoff...

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Originally Posted by glatt Looks like he's launched form the air, instead of taking off from the ground. Very cool!

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Originally Posted by Sheldonrs
Looks cool and you can piss on skydivers and zoom away before they land. :-)

*lol* naughty!

According to the website he had to shuck the wings and bail, letting them crash. I wonder why, considering he can pop a chute wearing them?

Too heavy for the chute?

Don't think so considering he uses the chute, with the wing on, after a normal flight. Maybe the chute wouldn't work and the gear was too heavy for his back-up chute, though.

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce Don't think so considering he uses the chute, with the wing on, after a normal flight. Maybe the chute wouldn't work and the gear was too heavy for his back-up chute, though.

If you look at the pictures. it looks like the fairing on the front of the jet-pack contains the post flight chute?

Ah, maybe it wouldn't fire and the fuel made it too heavy.... with no way to jettison fuel like a plane can.





Orrrrrrr, he couldn't handle the extra weight of the monkey and Goat?

He couldn't handle the extra weight of the guilt on his conscience, knowing that the monkey and the goat were photoshopped.

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce If you look at the pictures. it looks like the fairing on the front of the jet-pack contains the post flight chute?