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just discovered this article in a german newsmag:

"Wing-man jets across switzerland
This man is his own aircraft: Swiss Yves Rossy, who calls himself "Fusion Man", completed a reckless trip.
With two strapped on wings and four jet engines he cruised trough the alpine air - with 300km/h (...)"

http://www.spiegel.de/...,1518,553242,00.html

It's also on the front page of MSNBC.com

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24617833/

awesome. not exactly pure, but awesome.

what is pure?

Pure would be flying nakid off of a cliff with no parachute...

nothing is pure...

What the hell are you talking about

Frank and myself already ordered 2 of them....so next time at brento we will fly circles around all those V3´s, V2´s and other Look at me - I made it over the landing/river guys

anyway, we all know that "i made it over the landing" at brento means nothing but "i was scared to land on the gravel".

Leroy: pure in that he uses an airplane (so far) and fuel powers jets. Not just nylon and strings.

Tim: I generally have no idea

still more pure outside than sitting in the plane and smelling the fumes of the jets when he turns them on

I agree. My point wasn't to lessen what he accomplished. I saw it on a major news cast in the US earlier in the afternoon, they didn't show enough. looks like a hell of a lot of fun.

I was just pointing out the bad smell of gas and jet fuel when he starts the jets in the plane

So what would it be if he actually took off from the ground?

Cool. but still using a fuel and small jets.

Yeah what a nimrod. Real falcon feathers on willow branches held together with hemp, tree sap, and tar is the only way.

 
Na, to be a bird!

I have a good idea, but could you explain the hemp in your design? my mind is a little, em, cloudy.