I want one of those

[IBM]

BBC NEWS | World | Rocketman flies in the skies

would make the daily commute a whole lotta fun

[mediaboy]

Sounds liike fun... how much do you reckon travel expences wuld be though? Considering he's got 4 engines and all that.

[Gerrard]

That is pretty cool! There was no sound on the video, but I'd imagine it would be very noisy with 4 jet engines right next to you. Also, the kickback from the parachute looked pretty intense as well.

[pauldarkside]

Originally Posted by Gerrard

There was no sound on the video

He was in stealth mode

[Roboxrr4]

That is pretty cool, man i can't wait till jet packs are the norm or something lol. Imagine a future where we could commute using jet packs. I bet they would still find a way to charge congestion charge.

[Marcos]

awesome, makes you wonder, if this is what 1 guy can do, what are they up to in top secret military labs?

[[GSV]Trig]

I saw that too, I'm guessing thats not his first flight, I certainly woudlnt want to be around all those hills if something went wrong lol

[Bleak]

Looks pretty insane, will probably see something like that in the next Bond movie!

[MadduckUK]

just needs a Nazi bad guy to go after now

[nichomach]

OK, the man's nuts, but I couldn't help thinking YouTube - The Right Stuff - Yeager Mach 1
"Hey Ridley, you got any Beemans?"
"Yeah, I think I got me a stick"
"Well, loan me some, will ya? I'll pay you back later"
"Fair nuff"

El reg notes:

Now with sponsorship from Swiss watch company Hublot, Rossy is back once again with a new and even better wing - quadruple engines, much quicker gas-piston opening, almost 200lb of thrust allowing a climb rate of 1000'/min and fuel for ten minutes of powered flight at 185 mph. That should, as the intrepid birdman says, be enough to get him across the Channel and a bit to spare.

A Channel hop? The man's definitely got large ferrous ones...

[Marcos]

Originally Posted by nichomach

OK, the man's nuts, but I couldn't help thinking YouTube - The Right Stuff - Yeager Mach 1
"Hey Ridley, you got any Beemans?"
"Yeah, I think I got me a stick"
"Well, loan me some, will ya? I'll pay you back later"
"Fair nuff"

El reg notes:


A Channel hop? The man's definitely got large ferrous ones...

i thought someone has already done something similar? flying across the channel in some sort of contraption

[mediaboy]

Not in a jetpack.. which is the important bit.

Who cares about men not wearing flying monkey suits? I like flying monkey suits better than I like the other person!

I think we've had the channel crossing in train, boat, car, plane, solo plane, night plane, swimming, balloon, glider and a few other things.

[Lucio]

It's one heck of a flight, travelling at approximately 185mph in a device that's mostly controlled by flexing your ass muscles

[Efaill]

Originally Posted by Lucio

It's one heck of a flight, travelling at approximately 185mph in a device that's mostly controlled by flexing your ass muscles

Doing that would certainly make my ass muscles clench

Still it's a fantastic bit of engineering

[Mama Sumae]

Curiously enough just yesterday I was watching Ironman and thinking to myself how unrealistic the whole flying thing was … took a break from it to get something to drink and found myself looking at this amazing story.

Quite amazing to think that yesterday’s futuristic movie gadgets will become tomorrows junk.

Will still take a while before we can drive one of those to work though, wonder what the local council will do for money then.

[Aez]

breathing tax