Yves Rossy flies over English Channel at a speed of 200km per hour

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Switzerland's Yves Rossy flying with a jet-propelled single wing over the Alps in Bex, Switzerland in May. Rossy crossed the English Channel in 13 minutes, averaging 200 kilometers (125 miles) per hour. By Anja Niedringhaus, AP Swiss man flies over English Channel on jet-propelled wing Posted 3h 19m ago | Comments3 | Recommend2 E-mail | Save | Print |
Enlarge By Michel Setboun, National Geographic Channel and Jetman Live via AP Rossy parachutes to the ground near Dover, England, after he completed his attempt to cross the English Channel. Rossy passed over a thin strip of land in front of South Foreland lighthouse, looped over onlookers and opened his parachute, his wings still strapped to his back. Yahoo! Buzz  Digg  Newsvine  Reddit  Facebook What's this? DOVER, England (AP) — He had nothing above him but four tanks of kerosene and nothing below him but the cold waters of the English Channel. But Yves Rossy leapt from a plane and into the record books on Friday, crossing the channel on a homemade jet-propelled wing. Rossy jumped from the plane about 2,500 meters (8,200 feet) over Calais, France, blasting across the narrow body of water and deploying his parachute over the South Foreland lighthouse, delighting onlookers who dotted Dover's famous white cliffs, cheering and waving as Rossy came into view. Backed by a gentle breeze, Rossy crossed the Channel in 13 minutes, averaging 200 kilometers (125 miles) per hour. In a final flourish, he did a figure eight as he came over England, although the wind blew him away from his planned landing spot next to the lighthouse. ...>  Mor