Isn't 400,000 mph warp speed? Beam me up Scotty! -----Original Message----- From: The Airline List [mailto:AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Russell Ng Sent: September 8, 2004 10:11 AM To: AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: ....What Swiss Airways Captains do on their Day Off..... Bryan The speed was actually approximately 112 miles per hour, not 112 per second which would translate into just over 400,000 miles per hour. Needless to say, at that speed he would have incinerated. Russell SIN At 06:08 AM 9/8/04 -0700, you wrote: >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). > > > >__________________________________ >Do you Yahoo!? >New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - Send 10MB messages! >http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail