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A new angle on very Light Jets

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Old 31st January 2007 | 08:18
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A new angle on very Light Jets
http://www.jet-man.com/actuel.html

He appears to be using the model aircraft jet engines, with a centrifugal compressor. They sell for about 2000 quid each.
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Old 31st January 2007 | 09:12
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Great clip. The guy is clearly insane!
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Old 31st January 2007 | 09:24
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He'd obviously thought it through before doing it. Well done that man!
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Old 31st January 2007 | 09:35
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That is wicked I'd love to have one of them
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Old 31st January 2007 | 09:51
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jeeeeze...unreal.

wonder if it has a future....but below normal traffic please.

looks great fun but would be difficult to see fron a light plane i think...

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Old 31st January 2007 | 10:23
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Brilliant!
We need people like this to show us how to live. I wish him all the best and hope that he suceeds!

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Old 31st January 2007 | 20:15
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Where would the CAA make you stick a transponder?
I'll get my coat...
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Old 31st January 2007 | 20:37
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That is amazing.
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Old 31st January 2007 | 20:39
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utterley incredible
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Old 31st January 2007 | 21:24
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human strikes, the new future? pesky humans...

And there I was thinking I hit a fat craw who was clearly no stranger at the local chippy.
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Old 31st January 2007 | 22:23
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that's incredible. i'd love to do that some day.

traffic spotting - in the shot where it shows the aero plane tailing him, he is not much smaller than the aircraft! just slap some bright paint and strobes on the wing.
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Old 1st February 2007 | 09:12
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I want one!
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Old 1st February 2007 | 13:22
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wonder if there is a version with floats....???

sorry girls...i'll get my coat..

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Old 1st February 2007 | 14:46
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This folks, will blow your socks off (literally)

A Mad Swiss guy straps a four rocket wing to himself and jumps out of an a/c

http://www.jet-man.com/actuel.html
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Old 1st February 2007 | 14:56
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He is not mad, as an former Mirage Fighter Pilot he know exactly what he is doing, btw, he is also normal pilot at Swiss....
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Old 1st February 2007 | 15:04
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Mad is right!

Although he has won a lot of free publicity ...

Not something I would try!
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Old 1st February 2007 | 15:13
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moderator...you might want to merge this thread and the same one n private pilots section....

two halves of the same story...

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Old 1st February 2007 | 15:16
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'Fraid mad is wrong, ABX.
You Mirage qualified ?

A great 'first''.
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Old 1st February 2007 | 15:38
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I wonder if you need a Type Rating to fly it

He needs to up the thrust on those engines a bit so he can do a vertical takeoff and do away with the jump plane....
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Old 1st February 2007 | 15:38
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mod...you might want to merge...

there are now two threads running on this subject here after mod moved 'JET MAN' from 'rumours'...to here...

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