Rocket Man crosses the English Channel

[Dadsguns]

Could you imagine using this to dogfight, it would take the place of this game.   One good thing about it, you would only HO once....

[Shane]

To infinity and beyond!!

 

[crazyivan]

lol just kiddn. here's the one link.   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-oQ--U-WaQ

[crockett]

I've been following this guy for a while off and on. Last I heard he was in talks with the US military to develop some units for testing with the Special Forces.

[SectorNine50]

I've been following this guy for a while off and on. Last I heard he was in talks with the US military to develop some units for testing with the Special Forces.

Doesn't seem very covert to me...

[BaDkaRmA158Th]

Oh comon, you mean 8 guys with two mini jet engines straped to there legs would make people look!?

its called a diversion.


Oh btw, Gi Joe did it first.

[Dadsguns]

Doesn't seem very covert to me...

This would be very covert, they would be able to greatley increase the range in which they can deploy SPECOP troops in HIHO operations.

[crockett]

Doesn't seem very covert to me...

At high alts no one will ever hear them. They can then drop guys in for example off a coast then they can fly in using these rocket back packs flying much longer distances vs dropping straight out of a aircraft and then falling downward. A rocket backpack like this would allow them to fly sideways so to speak vs free falling straight down.

btw I found this video about him. Gives a pretty good background on him getting ready for the flight across the channel.

http://www.hublot.com/hublot_prod/site/hublot/index.php

Still haven't found any video of his flight across the channel though.

edit...

just found a partial video of the flight

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2008/09/27/video-buzz-lightyear-rocket-man-yves-rossy-crosses-the-channel-in-13-minutes-115875-20755282/