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Yves Rossy, a Swiss airplane pilot had a dream many of us share, to fly through the clouds, like a bird, but unlike most of us, he chose to actually do something about it and in 2006 he became the first man to fly with wings and four jet engines strapped to his body. On Wednesday he took to the sky in his amazing vehicle in his first public demonstration in Bex, Switzerland, in the Swiss Alps. The stunt also included an emergency parachute landing, programmed to immediately deploy if he blacks out. It was an amazing 6 minutes-performance that showed the world flying isn’t only done in an airplane.

Fusion Man - The human airplane

Fusion Man - The human airplane

Fusion Man - The human airplane

Fusion Man - The human airplane

Fusion Man - The human airplane

Fusion Man - The human airplane

Fusion Man - The human airplane

Fusion Man - The human airplane

Fusion Man - The human airplane

Fusion Man - The human airplane

Rossy is now preparing for a flight over the English Channel and he says he dreams of flying through the Grand Canyon, but for that he needs stronger propulsion engines. Right now, his equipment allows him to fly at about 300km/h, so you wonder what bigger engines can do? One of the most amazing things about the Fusion Man is that he does all his steering just by using his body, which can get really tricky at high speeds.


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