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Forget Silicon Valley, how’s this for innovation: Man crosses British Channel on jet packs

Chris Morrison, VentureBeat09.26.2008
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Yves Rossy may sound like a nutcase, but his trip today across the British channel on a wing powered by four miniature jets was successful anyway. This is a little difficult to fathom, so there’s a picture, right, of “FusionMan” with his carbon-fiber wing. “I was thinking, the water is pretty cold... (Read more)

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