- Yves Rossy
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name=Yves Rossy
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awards=Yves Rossy (born 27 August 1959), nicknamed "Jet Man" and "Fusion Man" [ [http://uk.news.yahoo.com/rtrs/20080926/tuk-uk-britain-jetman-news-fa6b408.html "Fusion Man" makes historic Channel flight] ] , is a Swiss pilot,
inventor andaviation enthusiast. He is both the first person to build and the first person successfully to fly ajet engine -powered wing strapped to the back. The flight occurred in November 2006 inBex , lasting nearly six minutes. While work withjet pack s to propel humans dates back as far asWorld War II , his is the first one to have wings.Yves has served as a fighter pilot in the
Swiss Air Force , flyingDassault Mirage III s, Northrop F-5 Tiger IIs andHawker Hunter s. He also flewBoeing 747 s forSwissair and now pilots an Airbus A320 forSwiss International Air Lines .Jet-powered wings
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Jet pack#Yves Rossy's jetpack ."Rossy developed and built a winged pack with rigid aeroplane-typecarbon-fiber wings with a span of about convert|8|ft|m.
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