Published by Jack Everest on 26 Sep 2008 at 08:25 am
Jet-man Crosses Channel (video embeds)
Here are some of the first videos released of the crossing…
VIDEO EMBED ON NEXT PAGE…
UPDATE 8:35 9/26: SUCCESS! Yves Rossy lands in Dover after a successful crossing of the Channel from Calais!
From the AFP…
Jet-powered Swiss adventurer arrives in Dover
DOVER (AFP) — Swiss adventurer Yves Rossy landed in Britain Friday after crossing the English Channel from France using only a jet-powered wing, an AFP correspondent at the landing site said.The 49-year-old pilot landed in a field near a lighthouse on the white cliffs of Dover, after completing the 35-kilometre (22-mile) journey over one of the world’s busiest shipping lanes.
Here’s a link to previously posted video embeds.
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