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The first jet-powered flying man in the history of aviation. http://www.jet-man.com/actuel_eng.html Man, forever obsessed with the dream of flying; Icarus' myth, tried time after time to fly like a bird. The best ever achieved are flying machines in which men lock themselves in, created by some of mankind's greatest pioneers in this area. Over the past decade, whilst still keeping the idea of flying like a bird in mind, various flying apparels were imagined and created such as hanggliders, paragliders, and gliding wingsuits. All of these use the various air currents to fly on and with. However, no-one will ever forget the human who could actually fly and who appeared on earth in 1939. This man could jump and fly through the air at whatever chosen moment: Batman… the Cartoon character created by Bob Kane. Today, Batman can leave behind his cartoon books and movie theatres and fly above the Swiss Alps, this person is Yves Rossy. He has finally achieved Leonardo Da Vinci's greatest fantasy and can fly through the air! Following a long line of predecessors, this Swiss man, who's lifetime passion is flying, once flew for the Swiss army at the controls of the Mirage III, then went on to fly as captain on Airbuses, and now has not only created and developed wings which allow him to fly, but also built and personally tested them over the past 7 years. Finally, and this since last Autumn, his dream became reality mainly because of 4 model-engines which were built under his wings. With these, he can fly at over 200km/hr and conquer mountain summits. During the flight, Yves's body becomes the likes of a bird and, other than a gas handle, Yves does not ride his wings but truly flies them, using various light body movements that he has learned to handle with perfection. These body movements are equal to those that birds use to fly... And like Batman, when he flies alongside airplanes they can only look and admire him when he activates the acceleration button which makes him disappear at an incredible speed through the blue skies. Though the most important part of this project has been achieved, there still remains some fine-tuning which needs to be achieved before allowing Yves to take-off, do aerobatics, vertical climbs, and participate at various airshows. To this day, Yves is extremely proud to have arrived at this point in this project and this alone and with the help of several friends, especially as many people judged this project impossible. Having such high potential, finding sponsors and support should be an easy task so that Yves can finally achieve the next steps... Following the “Flying Man” project, the logical “next step” was to accomplish the secret dream of being able to fly like Superman or the Rocketeer. To do this, jet-powering the wings had to be achieved in order to be able to allow the first flying man ever to fly horizontal level ! In 2001, Yves contacted the worlds leading model jet engine Company, “Jet-Cat”, based in Germany. This company, which specialized in motorizing miniature planes, quickly showed its interest in helping Yves install engines onto his wings. To perfect the performance, the aerodynamic wings were improved and their span was increased to 3 meters. As of 2004 and because there was a loss of rigidity due to the inflatable side of the wings, Yves had to stop his collaboration with “Prospective Concepts” and work only with “ACT Composites” who then created foldable carbon wings, able to be used from a Pilatus Porter plane. Finally, at 7:30pm on June 24th, 2004 and after the 3rd trial of the day (6th motorized trial), Yves finally dropped out of the Pilatus at an altitude of 4000m over the Yverdon airfield. Before pulling on the little lever that controls the opening of his wings, Yves lets himself glide for a couple seconds and at the altitude of 2500m, he starts the ignition of the engines and waits 30 seconds for them to stabilize. Once they are steady, he can finally speed up the engines and suddenly the dream comes true… He manages a horizontal flight at 1600m from the ground for more than 4 minutes, at a speed of 100 knots, in formation with the Pilatus! Since this First success, Yves did more than 30 motorized flights, improving this first prototype with the help of his team. He could fly as long as 6 minutes 30" and even with a little climb rate. The potential forseen with this first powered wing is huge, and is waiting to be explored! Yves is actually busy developing a second wing with ascensionnal and aerobatic capacities. And we don't speak of future take-off possibilities...! Thanks to his professionnal aviator's approach during his tests: "Always have a plan B ready", And coached by the Computer Simulation program of the Polytechnic School of Lausanne, Yves guarantees a very high level of SAFETY in the project. That should gain him much confidence and support from SPONSORS! jet-powered miniwing, jet man, yves rossy, Skydiving