It's a bird, it's a plane ... it's a crazy Swiss guy with four jet engines strapped to his back!

A dedicated inventor has set a new record for powered personal flight.

[Walkitandtalkit]

Now here's a thought........If this technology becomes popular and advances to the point you could fly from one side of the country to the other.......What are you gonna do if you have to go to the bathroom?????

[Bama Yankee]

Walkitandtalkit wrote:

Now here's a thought........If this technology becomes popular and advances to the point you could fly from one side of the country to the other.......What are you gonna do if you have to go to the bathroom?????

Do like the commercial flights do... drop it in midair.

Where did you think that "blue ice" came from?

[Walkitandtalkit]

We'd have to re-write all the public nudity laws then.......

[glass onion]

Walkitandtalkit wrote:

We'd have to re-write all the public nudity laws then.......

He wouldn't have to be nude, he could have a little flap like those old timey PJ's.

[Walkitandtalkit]

Think of the windburn you would get though.....then again it would give new meaning to "bj"

[glass onion]

Ouch

[GabbyJim]

Gives a new perspective to the old Red Skelton joke about the the sea guls tossed by the jet - "You'd be in a hurry too, if YOUR tail feathers were on fire!"

Sure hope that feller don't "cut one" while the jets are running! OUCH! Indeed!- not to mention the risk of blacking out from the increased G forces should that happen.

[flipper]

DU HUH!.
powered personal FLIGHT,{????}.

[BOBBYB]

with all that heat on his back he could run a line to the jets and evaporate it

[GabbyJim]

Seriously: Looks like he took the idea from the US Military:

Check this out. Thursday, April 24, 2008 -(The military "glider" - which can be equiped with a jet engine for 125 mile range) "weighs only 30 pounds and can be fully weaponized for assault and rescue. It has a 6-foot (radar invisible) jet-wing that is steered with handheld rotary controls connected to its rudder. And it can hide more than 100 pounds of combat gear in a built-in compartment."

"The Gryphon attack glider, designed to penetrate combat zones at 135 miles per hour, could revolutionize the art of parachuting. It has got to be at the top of James Bond’s Christmas list this year."

Attack Wing: Glider Makes Waves With Stealth and Speed - http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,352477,00...
(James Bond story links to very impressive video)

[BRAZIN]

Ah yeah what he said

[Doug in Texas]

The swiss guy was on GMA this morning and said he has been working on his for six years. Looked like a lot of fun to me. It would sure beat sitting in traffic.

[Dubya Money at No Risk]

I've done the math.

Italian Dreamer + French Daredevil + German Engineer = Swiss Inventor

[GabbyJim]

Doug in Texas wrote:

The swiss guy was on GMA this morning and said he has been working on his for six years. Looked like a lot of fun to me. It would sure beat sitting in traffic.

Six years huh? Working on an "invention" that was already invented. But the media and folks on this blog seem to want to ignore that. I guess it's the "Swiss" connection that steals the thunder - or, in the case of the engine-less wing, NO thunder - that steals the show.