Rocket man Rossy fails attempt but survives

Yves Rossy had hoped to become the first person to make an intercontinental flight with a jet pack Yves Rossy had hoped to become the first person to make an intercontinental flight with a jet pack
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"intercontinental flight", I would think, is using the term very loosely when one doesn't begin the journey from the ground and instead is dropped out of an airplane flying at 6500'.

I wonder if the same technique was used when he flew across the English Channel.

In my book for something to be "official" your feet have to touch the ground at both ends...but that's just me.

Heck, drop me at 15,000' w/ a hang glider and I could make it across the English Channel, no wind. But, I don't think anyone would view that as an accomplishment of any sort.

<This is not to lessen the jet man's achievements. He's plowing new fields, for sure.>
 
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