This is officially the COOLEST THING EVER.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

(Don't let the URL frighten you.)

http://blog.wired.com/cars/2008/05/swiss-man-strap.html

Soaring Over the Alps on Homemade Jet Wings
By Dave Demerjian
May 16, 2008 | 6:18:45 AM

Playing to a mesmerized audience, Swiss pilot and adventurer (some might say nutcase) Yves Rossy has soared above the Alps with homemade jet-powered wings strapped to his back.

Rossy, an extreme sports guy who has spent years assembling his wings, casually stepped out of an airplane at 7,500 feet, unfolded the wings and quickly passed from free fall to mellow glide. He then fired up the wings' engines and accelerated to more than 180 mph.

As if that weren't cool enough, Rossy showed off a bit, making a few dives, some figure eights and a 360-degree barrel roll before landing at an airfield near Lake Geneva.

"That was to impress the girls," he said after the five-minute flight. (More at link)

[Orrex]

1. I thought that was Paul McCartney.

Shows what I know. :shrug:

[Arugula Latte]

3. ...

Jet! with the wind in your hair of a thousand laces.
Climb on the back and well
Go for a ride in the sky.
And jet, I thought the major
Was a lady suffragette.
Jet! jet!

[baldguy]

2. Imagine commuting to work each morning with THAT!

[ashling]

4. I clicked on this thread to take you on (i.e., argue)

But you are right THIS IS ABSOFUCKINLUTELY THE COOLEST THING EVER ! ! !

Where do I go to put one on my wishlist, Deathwish.com?
:wow::wow::wow::wow::wow::wow::wow::wow::wow:

[BlooInBloo]

5. My head just assploded.

[Kool Kitty]

6. Really?

That sounds messy.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

14. That's nothing. You should see it when his ass headplodes. -nt

[Tuesday Afternoon]

7. I want one!! and YES!! it is the coolest thing EVER!!

fucking A...want one.

[chknltl]

8. To Infinity and beyond

Living in the future is toooooo damned cool. (When I was 10, I was asked what I thought the future would be like, 43 years later I am happy to report that it ain't NOTHING like I imagined it would be!)

[GCP]

9. How the hell does he land?

I saw this on TV a week or so ago - they didn't say how he comes into land. Does he run like hell or plough into something soft?

[BrklynLib at work]

12. The video on the site shows him opeing a parachute and gliding exactly to a spot on a landing strip.

[SouthoftheBorderPaul]

13. He uses a parachute....

[asthmaticeog]

10. Holy fucking fuck.

:wow:

[BrklynLib at work]

11. Leonardo Da Vinci must be spinning in his grave...

http://www.angelfire.com/electronic/awakening101/leonardo.html