....What Swiss Airways Captains do on their Day Off.....

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It was absolutely fantastic - freedom in three
dimensions. I felt like a bird. /

  Swiss pilot, Yves Rossy, the first jet propelled
flying man. Rossy flew over the Swiss Alps on Aug. 23
for four minutes with two jet engines strapped to a
wing on his back. The wing was made of carbon and
filled with kerosene for an expected 10 minute flight.
He reached a top speed of 112 miles per second by
flying out of an airplane and landing with a
parachute. By day Rossy is a captain of an Airbus for
Swiss Airlines.

(My note, 112 miles per second has got to be a record
in itself).



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