Now you have to believe a man can fly [Neat photo]

The Times (UK) ^ | December 30, 2006 | by Charles Bremner in Paris

[Rb ver. 2.0]

Watch the video @ #3. It's air launched.

[joeystoy]

Very cool. He's a nut, but it's still very cool. The video is amazing.

[aculeus]

Er, have you read the article?

He doesn't "take off".

He drops from a plane.

[Red_Devil 232]

Go to the link and watch the video! It is amazing!

[Rb ver. 2.0]

Being that close to the jet exhaust I'd hope he'd be wearing asbestos underwear.

[xcamel]

I flew ultralights in various forms for 15 years - this guy is nuts.

[Talking_Mouse]

To the stars the hard way.

[eastforker]

watch the video

[pke]

Do they make Depends in asbestos?

[PushinTin]

Woah...some major brass cojones...

[ErnBatavia]

I have a pal who does Ultralights (Ramapo Valley Ultralight Club) north of New York City...he told me it can get a bit unsettling during fall hunting season, hearing the guns go off below him - all it'd take is one whacked out New Yorker to bring him down.

[SC Swamp Fox]

From the source link:
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Ancient Greece Daedalus and Icarus, his son, escape from Crete with feather wings. Icarus falls and dies
(They know this is a myth, right?)

1485 Leonardo da Vinci designs Ornithopter, a bird-like flying machine, and a parachute. Neither tested

1783 Sebastien Lenormand of France invents first successful parachute

1896 Otto Lilienthal of Germany killed after making successful hops with bird-like glider

1903 Wright brothers achieve first powered flight
(I wonder what country these guys are from?)

1951 Francis Rogallo of Nasa invents flexible wing later used for hang-gliding
(I've never heard of this country, odd.)

1980s power added to create microlight aircraft

July 2003 Felix Baumgartner of Austria parachutes to land at Calais after flying across English Channel in a wing suit

November 2006 Yves Rossy flies for six minutes over the Swiss Alps

[grey_whiskers]

He joined the jet set!

Cheers!

[JockoManning]

Ping.

[jdub]

Big deal. I've been watching Wile E. Coyote do this for years.

[SouthTexas]

Amazing!

[rellimpank]

--there is a recent book on the history of this type of flight which I had from the Clark Co, NV (Las Vegas) library within the last couple of months--I've tried all the search terms I can think of and can't find it--somebody out there might know of it--

[i_dont_chat]

bump for later viewing

[Ole Okie]

Bah! Buck Rogers didn't even have to use wings as he zipped around the sky ogling Wilma.

Of course, Buck is from the 25th century. Maybe global warming will have created lots of thermals, and that's why Buck didn't need wings.

[Iris7]

Some people are so tired of human nature that they would as soon fly with Rossy's contraption. "Tired of livin', and (NOT) scared of dyin'".

Staying alive for staying alive's own sake has no attraction for many, at least during certain periods in their lives. Have a couple very fast motorcycles in the garage, my souvenirs of a period like that.