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Jetman Prepares Flight Over The English Channel

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It’s been a slow-as-shit process waiting for flying cars to hit the market or a way for humans to take off in jet packs. Now with ludicrous gas prices keeping people grounded, something’s got to give. And the winner is…the jetpack!

As of November 2006, Switzerland’s own man without fear, Yves Rossy (a.k.a. FusionMan) became the first person to take flight with the use of a personal jetpack. He flew 36 km over his homeland by way of a fixed wing and its four engines as part of a test run. The former military pilot will take another giant leap on September 24th, when he’ll fly across the English Channel. Before you catch National Geographic’s live coverage of this historical event here, watch this video of FusionMan flying high…