http://www.jet-man.com/actuel.html#

 

Uh, anyone who speaks French care to translate? I'd like to know how he can keep the thing stable without a tail. And this guy does appear to be nucking futz.

 

I think there was a vid of this guy awhile back.

 

the question is will he get his darwin award posthumously?

 

I think on the Discovery show "Stunt Junkies" (tonight?) they're showing a dude who does this with the rockets strapped to his ankles... and nothing but a flying squirrel type suit.

Looks like fun.

 

Is there any other way?

 

"Obsessed by the myth of Icarus, men have tried to fly like the birds. Failing to do so, the pioneers built flying machines in which they were strapped to control them.

Always driven by the desire to be a bird, man has developed contraptions in the last century that allow them to fly while benefitting from rising currents, such as in a hanglider and parachute (?) or in descending gliding flight using winged combinations or small rigid wings on the back."

I'm not motivated enough to keep going.