Stud of the Week: Yves Rossy

Our inaugural Stud of the Week is not a trader or fund manager, it’s Yves Rossy, the Swiss Rocket Man.

Balls? Yeah, he’s got ‘em. Watch our for birds, Yves.

Credit: Copyright Stéphanie Thomet

A veteran pilot of fighter jets and commercial aircraft, Yves Rossy doesn’t actually have to be in a plane to go flying. On Wednesday, the Swiss aerial adventurer stepped out of this small propeller-driven plane at an altitude of 8,000 feet and launched himself with a pair of jet-powered wings strapped to his body.
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Credit: AFP

Those Jet-Cat P200 engines may be small, but together they produce nearly 200 pounds of thrust. The wing structure itself weighs about 120 pounds with fuel and smoke, 66 pounds dry. A gas-powered spring opened the wings from their initial folded position in just a half-second.
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Jet-powered wing propels solo flight
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