[amphead]

Awesome.........

Complex Blog » Jetman Prepares Flight Over The English Channel

 

[roxxor]

Actually it's tomorrow.

 

[J.D.N]

I thought he'd already done the channel... or maybe that was the RedBull bird man. Anyways, still pretty awesome.

 

[F107plus5]

Yup; personal flying with jets can be fun!
For instance: the engine in that....

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....plane is the direct descendant of the engine used in the very first "real" jet pack made back in the late 60s! The Williams Research WR-19.

Fun stuff for sure!

 

[krmathis]

Cool! Make this public, as a competitor to cars, airlines, ...

 

[shigzeo]

amazing. i don't think i would ever really think about doing something like that but... i love to watch those that do.

 

[digger945]

Dude, this is so cool. Is anyone who lives over there gonna take some "up close" pics?
Thanks for the link, amphead!

 

[amphead]

The flight was a success! He wishes everyone could try it.

Jet Man flies across Channel on a wing | Science | guardian.co.uk

 

[digger945]

Quote:

Originally Posted by amphead /img/forum/go_quote.gif ... He wishes everyone could try it.

I want to try it!!!!

 

[jellojoe]

That guy needs to get in touch with the OpenSky project folks.
OpenSky

 

[nsx_23]

We need more blokes like him in engineering.

People like him make the world go around.

 

[krmathis]

Nice to see that he made it safely across the channel.