Marginal Revolution: It's a bird, it's a plane, it's Jetman

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It's a bird, it's a plane, it's Jetman

What we need today is a superhero. Thus, I give you Jetman.

Swiss adventurer Yves Rossy flew from England to France Friday propelled by a jetpack strapped to his back -- the first person to cross the English Channel in such a way.

Rossy, a pilot who normally flies an Airbus airliner, crossed the 22 miles between Calais and Dover at speeds of up to 120 mph in 13 minutes, his spokesman said.

Quoted here. More pictures here.

Posted by Alex Tabarrok on September 26, 2008 at 01:06 PM in Travels | Permalink

Comments

my ferrari goes faster than that.

Posted by: sa at Sep 26, 2008 1:48:49 PM

Maybe Jetman and Helicopter Ben can have a race or something?

http://www.businessweek.com/the_thread/hotproperty/bernanke-helicopter.jpg

Posted by: harryh at Sep 26, 2008 2:11:28 PM

F to E.

Posted by: dearieme at Sep 26, 2008 2:13:42 PM

my ferrari goes faster than that.

Across the English Channel?

Posted by: at Sep 26, 2008 2:43:01 PM

Across the English Channel?

Maybe under?

Posted by: MS at Sep 26, 2008 3:51:31 PM

It's FusionMan, not Jetman.

Posted by: IWantCookieNow at Sep 26, 2008 6:15:31 PM

If that thing fails and dumps him in the Channel, is he flotsam or jetsam?

Posted by: Tom T. at Sep 26, 2008 8:20:47 PM

Is this really the sort of risk-taking profile that we want to see in a commercial (Airbus) passenger pilot ?

Posted by: ed at Sep 26, 2008 10:52:36 PM

So that's where my jetpack is.

Posted by: It's the 21st century already! at Sep 27, 2008 1:01:19 AM

I wonder... is Jetman a credit snob?

Posted by: Dave at Sep 27, 2008 4:00:53 AM

At first glance I thought this was Tyler post....

Is this really the sort of risk-taking profile that we want to see in a commercial (Airbus) passenger pilot ?

Yes. (Especially if you own Boeing stock. Of course, it might produce the opposite: if that guy can fly with that little thing, he can easily handle a big / real jet.)

Posted by: at Sep 27, 2008 9:23:56 AM

keep flyin and be future

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