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Yves “Fusion Man” Rossy’s personal jetpack flight over the English Channel was just about the only good thing that happened in the world today: FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP/Getty Images ADRIAN DENNIS/AFP/Getty Images Rossy, a pilot who normally flies an Airbus airliner, crossed the 22 miles between Calais and Dover at speeds of up to 120 mph ...
Yves "Fusion Man" Rossy's personal jetpack flight over the English Channel was just about the only good thing that happened in the world today:
Yves “Fusion Man” Rossy’s personal jetpack flight over the English Channel was just about the only good thing that happened in the world today:
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.
When the white cliffs of Dover came into view, he opened a blue and yellow parachute and drifted down in light winds to land in a British field where he was mobbed by well-wishers.
“Everything was perfect,” he said afterwards. “I showed that it is possible to fly a little bit like a bird.”
Joshua Keating was an associate editor at Foreign Policy. Twitter: @joshuakeating
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