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  • Real-life Iron Man to attempt flight through Grand Canyon

    05/04/2011 10:22:20 PM PDT · by smokingfrog · 13 replies
    LA Times ^ | 4 May 2011 | Chuck Schilken
    Swiss daredevil Yves Rossy has already flown his homemade jet-propelled wingsuit over the Swiss Alps and across the English Channel. Now the real-life Iron Man is hoping to soar through the Grand Canyon. Rossy, 51, plans to jump from a helicopter near Eagle Point early Friday and fly westward along the canyon's rim, his team said Wednesday.
  • Swiss 'Fusion Man' Flies Over the Alps With Jet-Propelled Wings

    05/15/2008 7:16:31 AM PDT · by Eye On The Left · 31 replies · 2,294+ views
    Fox News ^ | May 15, 2008
    Years ago, aviation enthusiast and inventor Yves Rossy dreamed of soaring through the sky like a bird. In 2006 that dream took flight. Known as Switzerland’s "Fusion Man," Rossy in November 2006 became the first man in the world to fly with wings and four jet engines strapped to his body; on Wednesday he displayed that talent to the world. The inaugural flight lasted six minutes in Bex, Switzerland, and included an emergency parachute programmed to automatically open if he were to black out, NBC11 reported at the time. "The idea is to have fun, not to kill yourself," Rossy...