Some ask why? Fusionman asks, why not?
The Rocket Man, Yves Rossy, known by those in the know as Fusionman, took flight today in a successful voyage across the English Channel. He was the first man to ever do this with a self-contained, homemade jet pack. That's right, we said jet pack, people.
But hey, that's not very "green" there Captain Turbine, now is it? Maybe not but the Fusionman's "Wicked Pissa" coefficient pegs the Cool-o-Meter and you can bet he gets all the chicks. So who cares? You can catch "Flight Of The Jet Man" on National Geographic TV tonight, at 8PM ET/PT.
A former Air Force pilot, Yves Rossy has spent much of his career flying thousands of people around the planet as a captain for SWISS. But when Rossy is not flying planes, he is jumping out of them. Freestyle, skysurf, freely – you name it, he has done it. But no matter how daring, these adventure sports never fulfilled his childhood dream: to soar like a bird. Not with a glider, but with a propelled fixed wing. Appearing live on National Geographic Channel in Jet Man Live, Rossy will attempt to become the first person to cross the English Channel using a single, jet-propelled wing.
