It was a feat that would have made Buzz Lightyear proud…or extremely envious. But for Yves Rossy, who finally completed his flight over the Grand Canyon in a jet suit, it must have been a relief.
Yves Rossy, a.k.a. “Jetman,” made good on his promise to dazzle onlookers at the Grand Canyon this morning by flying his one-of-a-kind jet-propelled wing through a leg of Grand Canyon West in Arizona, soaring just 200 feet above the rim of the canyon itself. The feat marks Rossy’s first U.S. flight–as well as his first run-in with our Federal Aviation Administration.
Yves Rossy, a.k.a. “Jetman,” made good on his promise to dazzle onlookers at the Grand Canyon this morning by flying his one-of-a-kind jet-propelled wing through a leg of Grand Canyon West in Arizona, soaring just 200 feet above the rim of the canyon itself. The feat marks Rossy’s first U.S. flight–as well as his first run-in with our Federal Aviation Administration.
This meant that Rosy had had no time to practice. That may have been OK if the flight have been over water, but with the Grand Canyon’s snagged edges and jutting out rocks one wrong move could have proved fatal.
‘I was not ready. It would be unsafe and disrespectful to my team and everybody here to present something not well prepared,’ Rossy told the Huffington Post last week.
He also had to cancel his first attempt at flying over the English Channel because of bad weather.