Friday, January 2, 2009

First Jet Powered Personal Flying Wing

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SWITZERLAND

Yves Rossy
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25 Sept 2008
Fly across English Channel
A plane to lift him up to 8000 feet in the sky ,
drop him from there to let him sail by his jet-powered flying wing.
He traveled in the air for about 5 minutes,
flying horizontally over the mountains at a speed of up to 186MPH .
The wing is about 8 feet across,
powered by 4 Jet-Cat P200 jet turbine engines.
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