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"A Swiss daredevil crossed the English Channel strapped to a homemade jet-propelled wing Friday."



http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26901489/

Apparently he did not come within 1 inch of any UK residents when he landed, or they would have placed him back in Switzerland.

Nah, the Swiss and the Brits are not on opposing sides, he might have come within an inch, but not in BtB! He is one crazy dude!

I will decide how impressed I am when I know where he started from. Orbit? Switzerland? French airspace? The 3-mile limit?

Started yesterday from inside a plane, hopped out, and flew over the channel.

Is this the guy who also drops out of hot air balloons with model jet engines strapped to his ankles? I remember reading about him.

We live in an age of awesomeness.

Give him an SMG and send him after the pirate ship full of MBTs next.

I've seen this guy before. He's got a cool jet pack. Too bad it can't take off on it's own and requires a parachute to land. Still, it would be really cool to fly it.

The word is SAMAS from the old Rifts RPG game.

M.

PS: And I want one.

Haha, you know what he reminds me? The Centurions. So where's the sea and land guy? Lawl.

Prophet of Dakka wrote:Haha, you know what he reminds me? The Centurions.

EXALT.

I used to love that show. The sea guy was always my favorite, just because I thought his green exo-frame looked the coolest.

Hordini wrote:
EXALT.

I used to love that show. The sea guy was always my favorite, just because I thought his green exo-frame looked the coolest.

Power Extreme! water centurion was the best because he had superior win moustache a'la Ron Burgandy!

I only remember just not liking the air guy, and liking the land guy's gunz moar.

that sea guys mustache was awesome!

I saw one of those wing thingies at the Met in New York, in the "Superhero Fashion/Reality" exhibit. They had costumes from superhero movies, and then fashion inspired by them. But the cool part was the real-world devices that inspired the superhero gear, like squirrel suits (jumpsuits with wing membranes between arms/legs to glide with) and the fixed-wing thingies that this guy has here. We're talking about 6' wingspan, with two little jet engines and a chute strapped to the back. I cannot imagine how awesome that 2 minutes of flight would be, but spent lots of time thinking about it on the way home. When I strike it rich, one of those things is on the shopping list well ahead of the Vector with machine-gun headlights.

They also had the Iron Man suit from the movie. It was hands-down the coolest thing in the exhibit.