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Swiss pilot Yves Rossy, who calls himself “Fusion Man”, becomes the first person to fly with jet-fuel powered wings strapped to his back. He completed several loops at 300km/h (186mph) above the Alps.

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  1. AnonymousMay 14, 2008 at 9:24 PM

    This stuff is very interesting. At last, human can fly with their own artificial wing. By the way, how is he going to land ...

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  2. Larry DevichMay 14, 2008 at 10:01 PM

    There is a video on Youtube, he uses a parachute to land... plus it really looks like he's just sky diving, he started out in a plane and was pretty much just falling the whole time, disappointing but it looks cool in the photo :-)

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