The Incredible Flying Man

Man, forever obsessed with the dream of flying; Icarus' myth, tried time after time
to fly like a bird.

Jet-Man is Yves Rossy (from Switzerland) he is the first man ever to be able to fly following
Icare's dream, with true wings and a jet-pack.

Yves Rossy (born August 27, 1959) is a Swiss pilot, inventor and aviation enthusiast.
He invented and is the first person to have flown a jet engine-powered wing strapped
to his back. The flight occurred in November 2006 in Bex, lasting nearly six minutes.
While work with jet packs to propel humans dates back as far as World War II, his is
the first contraption to also have wings.
Yves has served as a fighter pilot in the Swiss Air Force flying Dassault Mirage IIIs,
Northrop F-5 Tiger IIs and Hawker Hunters. He flew Boeing 747s for Swissair and now
works as an Airbus pilot for Swiss International Air Lines.