Yves Rossy: Fly with the Jetman

Strapped to a jet-powered wing, Yves Rossy is the Jetman. Flying free, his body as the rudder, above the Swiss Alps and the Grand Canyon. After a powerful short film shows how it works, Yves takes the stage to share the experience and thrill of flying.

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ABOUT Yves Rossy

“On May 7 of this year, Swiss pilot Yves Rossy stepped out of a helicopter 8,000 feet above the Grand Canyon and took off. Wearing a rigid wing powered by four model jet turbine engines.

He flew for eight minutes over the mile-deep trench, soaring over the red rocks before parachuting down to the Colorado River far below.

It’s the latest exploit in a life powered by one dream: to fly like a bird. Wearing his single wing, Yves really flies, steering with the movements of his body. In the last couple of years he has crossed the English Channel, flown over the Swiss Alps and performed aerobatic loops around a hot-air balloon.

For his next quest, he is developing a new kind of parachute that will enable him to fly as low as 200 metres.”

The VIDEO

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