Real Life Rocketeer Flies His Jetpack Around Mount Fuji

Also, JETPACKS!

The ability to fly is something human beings have been obsessed with since Icarus flew too close to the sun. We make it a character trait in our superheroes. The Wright brothers built an airplane. I once made a paper plane that fluttered to the other side of the classroom. Yves Rossy made a jetpack.

After retiring from the Swiss Air Force and his subsequent career as a commercial pilot Rossy began tinkering with the idea of a creating a jet-propelled wing.

Katsuhiko Tokunaga, Breitling / AP


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