Name: It’s a Bird, It’s a Plane…It’s ‘Jet Man’
Uploaded: 2011-11-28T19:02:16-05:00
Description: In this amazing video, aerial acrobat and dare devil Yves Rossy jumps from a helicopter and flies over the Swiss Alps using a jet pack. Rossy then joins two jets […]

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In this amazing video, aerial acrobat and dare devil Yves Rossy jumps from a helicopter and flies over the Swiss Alps using a jet pack. Rossy then joins two jets in a synchronized flight.

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