Jetman Yves Rossy Flies In Formation With Jets 93
smitty777 writes "Slashdot has been following Yves Rossy in his previous exploits across the Grand Canyon and his attempts at international flight. He is now flying in formations with real jets. He even does a barrel roll around the two fighters in the video below."
Not really new (Score:4, Interesting)
There is a poster calendar in my office from Breitling that shows a picture of Mr. Rossy in formation with four Breitling aerobatic jets from an airshow in 2009.
Counterpart to JetMan (speed flying paraglider) (Score:5, Interesting)
Here you can see a speed flyer (tiny, tiny paraglider) doing a similar trick with a guy flying a wing suit (in Wengen Switzerland). Kudos!
B.A.S.E. XRW part one - http://vimeo.com/29231099 [vimeo.com]
B.A.S.E. XRW part two - http://vimeo.com/30623100 [vimeo.com]
And this one is just plain cool. Great tune and slick video mix.
Spitfire Proximity - http://youtu.be/IZ9xoV6sUFc [youtu.be]
(as my flying buddy told me: *the only reason to wear a helmet for these sports, is to have a place to mount your GoPro*)