Rocket man fails to fly from Morocco to Spain

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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34147719/ns/world_news-europe/

Bummer

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but Yves is OK which is the most important.

I see a lot of positive things in what happened.

scissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM

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Not least of which he got a sponsor to pay for him to Rocket Wingsuit!

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If the occasional failure was not involved it would be because he was not aiming high enough.
Rock on Rocket Man.

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Bummer

I like at the end of the video the newscaster says "and probably won't do it again" He obviously doesn't know any skydivers or Rocket-Men.

I'm not the rope totin charlie Bronson wanna be that's getting us fucking lost.

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His endeavor had been billed as the first intercontinental crossing by man using jet-powered wings — over the North Atlantic between Africa and Europe

Not trying to understate the goal in this record, but AFAIK this has already been done even wihtout engines.. Therefore doing it with engines seems kind of pointless ?

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His endeavor had been billed as the first intercontinental crossing by man using jet-powered wings — over the North Atlantic between Africa and Europe

Not trying to understate the goal in this record, but AFAIK this has already been done even wihtout engines.. Therefore doing it with engines seems kind of pointless ?

I think if it was, and I recall something about a wingsuit jump from High altitude, he was exiting at 6500" from his take off plane and then was to maintain that altitude the whole way across from what I understood.

Scott

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Quuo. Therefore doing it with engines seems kind of pointless ?

I think if it was, and I recall something about a wingsuit jump from High altitude, he was exiting at 6500" from his take off plane and then was to maintain that altitude the whole way across from what I understood.

Scott

which is less than pointless in imho. and the the rocket powered wings are kinda cool.

i have on occasion been accused of pulling low . My response. Naw I wasn't low I'm just such a big guy I look closer than I really am .

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His endeavor had been billed as the first intercontinental crossing by man using jet-powered wings — over the North Atlantic between Africa and Europe

Not trying to understate the goal in this record, but AFAIK this has already been done even wihtout engines.. Therefore doing it with engines seems kind of pointless ?

I think if it was, and I recall something about a wingsuit jump from High altitude, he was exiting at 6500" from his take off plane and then was to maintain that altitude the whole way across from what I understood.

Scott

yup, and the high altitude guys did a line of 9 kilometers, while yves was supposed to cover around 38 kilometers; just for your reference..

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read a funny article in a swedish newspaper about this.

perhaps not perfectly translated but you get the message

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Suddenly Jetman disappeared from TV-images. Many feared the worst, but the 50 year old swiss had a plan B - a parachute

wonder what plan A was according to the newspaper