'JetMan' pulls off Grand Canyon flight — quietly

MSMBC.com ^ | 5/10/2011 | Msnbc.com's Miguel Llanos and The Associated Press contributed to this report.

[Daffynition]

I realize this is a dated *event.* However, if you are interested in adventure and the outrageously insane, you may enjoy it.

Beautiful and extraordinary YouTube vid of Yves Rossy's Flight at Grand Canyon West

[Daffynition]

SG ping

[Safrguns]

I read in a National Geographic last month that this guy (who was featured on the front page) bought the farm on one of these flights last year.

I thought this guy died!

[Arcy]

I just put this on my Christmas wish list.

[Amberdawn]

Lol! Too funny! Banana Man!

[JudgemAll]

Man, biking in 3D. The guy’s face of joy after the flight was priceless.

[Taxman]

The man is packing some big ones, isn’t he?

[Daffynition]

I believe he is still flying 747s for Swissair.

No indication of his demise on his web site.

http://www.jetman.com/?page_id=24

[Daffynition]

We’ll be able to soon see if Neiman-Marcus catalog is going to have his & hers models this year. :)

[Daffynition]

[Daffynition]

He had to stand along side Steve Fossett, General Chuck Yeager, Evil Knievel, Alain Robert, and Omar Locklear. ;)

[Daffynition]

“Never regret thy fall,
O Icarus of the fearless flight
For the greatest tragedy of them all
Is never to feel the burning light.”
~ Oscar Wilde

[Safrguns]

>>> No indication of his demise on his web site.

I found the issue of National Geographic I was referring to.

My bad... in the same article, there is a full page photo of Jim Mitchell leaping off a cliff, and the footnote mentions he died weeks later in a similar jump that went bad.

The article was about “Can We Fly”, and features Rossy on the front cover and on the first page of the article.
I just assumed that the article was an exclusive on Rossy.

I’m glad he’s still flying around.

[Kevmo]

for the aviation ping list

He should paint his suit green and name it ‘envy’

[cynwoody]

The man is packing some big ones, isn’t he?

Four JetCat P200s. Not that big. Only five inches around.

Thrust at full power 50 Lbs / 220N
Weight incl starter 4.8 Lbs / 2.2Kg
Diameter 5.1 inches / 130mm
RPM Range 33,000 - 110,000
Exhaust temp 670C
Fuel consumption 25.37 oz min at full power
Fuel Jet Al, 1-k kerosene
Lubrication 5% oil mixed in fuel
Maintenance interval 50 hours

[Taxman]

LOL!

[Taxman]

High Flight
Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of earth
And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;
Sunward I’ve climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth
Of sun-split clouds - and done a hundred things
You have not dreamed of - wheeled and soared and swung
High in the sunlit silence. Hov’ring there
I’ve chased the shouting wind along, and flung
My eager craft through footless halls of air.
Up, up the long delirious, burning blue,
I’ve topped the windswept heights with easy grace
Where never lark, or even eagle flew -
And, while with silent lifting mind I’ve trod
The high untresspassed sanctity of space,
Put out my hand and touched the face of God.

Pilot Officer Gillespie Magee
No 412 squadron, RCAF

[Daffynition]

Thanks for the update. I can't imagine what it is that motivates a person who wants a more powerful jet pack so he can perform with wing walkers.

[Daffynition]

Where do youse guys get your nerves 'o steel? God Bless you and keep you SG! Somebody said that carrier pilots were the best in the world. They must be or there wouldn't be any of them alive.;)

[Taxman]

Many men are captivated by the ability of birds to enjoy FRee flight without much restriction. See Jonathon Livingstone Seagull for more info.

This man has done as much as he can, so far, to eliminate some of those restrictions.

He is having more fun than anyone else, I’d wager!