Friday, September 26, 2008

Jet Man Flew Over the English Channel


I just saw live Yves Rossy, aka Jet Man, fly across the English Channel in a single, jet-propelled wing attached to his back. The live broadcast happened at 8:00 Eastern Time.
An incredible thing to see, a human flying like a bird. If only Da Vinci were born at a different time.....
Read more here.
graph per national geographic

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

The National Geographic will be featuring this tonight.

Anonymous said...

Bri, Tyler Cowen refers to him as a new superman. Fitting!

Anonymous said...

Bri, Tyler Cowen refers to him as a new superman. Fitting!