jetman.jpgThe first person to cross the English Channel in an airplane was Louis Bleriot who flew this same route 99 years ago. I posted about Rossy leaping out of a plane last May and compared him to Evel Knievel. What’s next? The Grand Canyon?

LONDON — A Swiss daredevil crossed the English Channel strapped to a homemade jet-propelled wing Friday, parachuting into a field near the white cliffs of Dover after a 10-minute solo flight.

Yves Rossy leapt from a plane at more than 8,800 feet, fired up his jets and made the 22-mile trip from Calais in France in about 10 minutes.

Rossy passed over a thin strip of land in front of South Foreland lighthouse, looped over onlookers and opened his parachute, his wings still strapped to his back.

“It was perfect. Blue sky, sunny, no clouds, perfect conditions,” he said. “We prepared everything and it was great.”

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