Science of Flight, Pt. II

After posting about the fact that people are taking to the skies in many methods, I talked to a friend on the Left Coast who was watching some BASE jumping videos, and came across a man with the satchel enough to actually fit a wing with jets, and has tested several methods. Yves Rossy calls himself Fusionman. He's a former Swiss Military pilot. His videos can be seen on his website or on youtube. The most recently tested version can be seen below, which houses 4 jets, and climbs at a rate of 1000 feet per minute. He also has plans for a new version which will be able to climb vertically and take off from the ground, whereas now it must be launched from an aircraft. Be on the lookout folks, because I think some of the technologies we see being developed on this front will become the platform for a revolution in transportation .