What the Heck

Yves Rossy of Switzerland is the first man ever to be able to fly, following Icarus's dream, with true wings and a jet-pack.  Check out about halfway through the video when he flies higher than the plan he jumped out of.  It would be cool to commute to work with one of these jet packs.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7104898430798485644

Posted by Steve on Tuesday, December 26, 2006 at 2:24 PM | Permalink