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11.22.09

Podcast: The Human Jet

Listen in as editors and writers explain how someone comes to be a winged man

By PopSci Staff Posted 02.11.2009 at 4:12 pm 0 Comments

In this episode of Cocktail Party Science, host Chuck Cage sits down with features editor Nicole Dyer and Eric Hagerman, author of "Wingman" to learn more about just what kind of lunatic straps jet engines to his back and leaps out of an airplane. Learn more about how Yves Rossy's homemade jet-fueled wingsuit works, why there's nothing crazy about his mission. Plus: hey! What about a bird strike?

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Wingman

What kind of lunatic straps jet engines to his back and leaps out of an airplane? The kind of lunatic who may well deliver the personal flying machine of our dreams, that’s what kind.

Eric Hagerman reports on a revolutionary Channel crossing

By Eric Hagerman Posted 01.14.2009 at 7:33 pm 29 Comments

The warm autumn sun has burned a hole in the morning haze and opened up the sky above the South Foreland Lighthouse, a historic beacon along the White Cliffs of Dover, England. It marks the narrowest point of the English Channel. You can't quite make out where the sea meets the coast of France, a tantalizing 22 miles distant, but a little surface gauze won't interfere with what's coming across the Channel today.

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FusionMan Makes Historic Jet-Propelled Flight

After a rain delay, daredevil Yves Rossy successfully crosses the English Channel in a homemade jet-wing

By Abby Seiff Posted 09.26.2008 at 10:21 am 8 Comments

FusionMan: Daily Mail

Following in the vapor trail of aviator Louis Bleriot, Yves Rossy made a historic flight of his own across the English Channel this morning. After yesterday's poor weather delayed his planned passage, Rossy—also known as FusionMan—became the first human to cross using jet propulsion.

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