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Another day, another jet-powered backpack flight over the Alps

Posted by Joel Johnson, May 15, 2008 5:27 AM | permalink

CNN/AP has video of the first flight of Yves "Fusion Man" Rossy and his winged, jet-powered backpack. Rossy tips out of a small airplane and ignites the four thrusters, hitting speeds of up to 186 MPH before deploying a parachute and landing gently back at the local airfield.

'Fusion Man' soars above Swiss Alps [CNN]

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#1 posted by License Farm

, May 15, 2008 1:37 PM

Centurions: POWER EXTREME!

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#2 posted by Rob Beschizza

, May 15, 2008 2:27 PM

When I was a child, the first time I heard that I thought they were shouting "POWER EXCRETE!"

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#3 posted by stratosfyr , May 15, 2008 8:06 PM

I was just having a conversation earlier today about how plausibly near-future "Iron Man" was.

I'll totally settle for Mach-IV instead.

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#4 posted by Anonymous , May 17, 2008 10:59 AM

I'd like to see him take off from the ground via skateboard. I wonder if he could get enough altitude to parachute back down.

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