Yves Rossy
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Yves Rossy (born August 27, 1959) is a Swiss pilot, inventor and aviation enthusiast. He invented and is the first person to have flown a jet engine-powered wing strapped to his back. While work with jet packs to propel humans dates back as far as World War II, his is the first contraption to also have wings. Rossy believes that his invention may find military uses in the future.
Yves has served as a fighter pilot in the Swiss Air Force flying Dassault Mirage IIIs, Northrop F-5 Tiger IIs and Hawker Hunters. He flew Boeing 747s for Swissair and now works as an Airbus pilot for Swiss International Air Lines.
[edit] External links
- Yves's homepage
- There's a chapter on Rossy in Birdmen, Batmen, and Skyflyers: Wingsuits and the Pioneers Who Flew in Them, Fell in Them, and Perfected Them, by Michael Abrams. ISBN 1-4000-5491-5.
- Yves Rossy et ses exploits sur le Léman.
- Video of Rossy's flights.
- Note that aero-news.com "The Aviation and Aerospace World's Daily Real-time News and Information Service" attributes French nationality to Yves Rossy.
- NBC11 of the San Francisco area's coverage of the "Swiss Jetman."
