Monk's Tale

Icarus of the Alps

A Swiss pilot Yves Rossy has devised his own flying machine with four mini jets to propell him at speeds of up to 187mph. So far he is able to fly up to 6 minutes, but with further design it will be possible to fly longer. Mr Rossy still jumps from an aircraft in his Jet Man guise and later uses a parachute to land. The machine is made from model aircraft jet and unmanned military drones and wings are kevlar.

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