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rocketman

Fusion Man Jets Above Alps, Probably Looking for Jacuzzi Party

Godspeed, Yves Rossy, Godspeed! All 180 miles per hour of it, flying over the Alps with your four jets, guiding your carbon fiber and kevlar wings using just your body, and landing with your parachute on some boozetastic jacuzzi party on top of Mont Blanc. Then get drunk like a Japanese astronomer and fly away to the stars. We envy and admire you, Mr. Fusion Man, so here's a song just for you. More »

7:17 AM on Thu May 15 2008
By Jesus Diaz
12,481 views, 34 comments

Latest by Kaiser-Machead: For some reason, it's a heck of a lot more fun to watch with that song playing than the silent video on CNN's page. more »

seriously crazy

Jet-Man Is So Cool It Hurts

Yves Rossy is an absolute lunatic, but we love him for it. He has been involved in human jet-powered flight since 2001, back in April he survived a potentially life threatening incident when his jet wings encountered problems mid flight. Since then he has been working on repairing and improving the system, he has been so busy with the repairs process he has not been giving any interviews whatsoever. More »

9:06 PM on Sun Aug 5 2007
By Haroon Malik
17,555 views, 30 comments

Latest by UnderTheHill: Wile E. Coyote.. super genius... Wonder would this be available from the Acme catalog. more »

gadgets

Swiss FusionMan Flies With Kevlar, Fiberglass Wings and Probably a High Dose of Cheese and Wine

Let's hear it for the Swiss, who are probably seen as the most boring of Europeans. Remember Orson Welles' character, Harry Lime, in The Third Man? "In Italy for 30 years under the Borgias they had warfare, terror, murder and bloodshed, but they produced Michelangelo, da Vinci and the Renaissance. In Switzerland they had 500 years of democracy and peace, and what did that produce? The cuckoo clock." More »

10:25 AM on Tue Apr 17 2007
By www.gizmodo.com
16,450 views, 31 comments