Jetman is now flying in acrobatic formation
Last time we heard from him, it was last year, and he was in Morocco, where his attempt at becoming the first man o complete an intercontinental flight with a Jetpack strapped on his back, was thwarted by air currents and bad weather.
This year, our dear Jetman, that is, the Swiss-born jean Yves Rossy, is trying to astonish us by showing up in Buochs, in the middle of the Alps from his home country, for the Breitling Flying Days air show.
During the air show, Rossy has showcased is latest creation, made up of a fast-extracting parachute and a new and more powerful jet wing, nicknamed Delta Wing. Thanks to it, once you strap it behind your back, you will be able to take off directly from the ground instead of jumping off a flying plane, and to complete acrobatic maneuvers in the air.
In order to show this capability, Rossy has tested his Delta Wing by flying together with the famous Breitling Wingwalkers, a group of crazy-but-funny aviators who make a great show with old biplanes, while carrying passengers… on the wings!
Along with the Wingwalkers, Rossy has been flying for just over six minutes at around 1000 meters of altitude, keeping a distance of a few meters from the planes, with a difficulty factor enhanced by the fact that Rossy does not use a yoke or anything else to move up or down, right or left, but steers his wing by using his body.
Furthermore, he is studying a new parachute with rocket-powered opening, which improves security in the air and can be opened only 200 meters from the ground, even at high speed, while the one mounted on Delta Wing can only be opened at 800m altitude. What more will Jetman do to leave us stunned?
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