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11-25-2009, 10:42 AM

Man's Attempt To Fly On Jet-Powered Wings Fails

A Swiss pilot ditched safely into the chilly waters between Morocco and Spain on Wednesday after a technical malfunction ended the first attempted intercontinental crossing on jet-powered wings.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=120826341&ft=1&f=1001

DiscGo

11-25-2009, 10:44 AM

I don't want to live in a world that something a personal rocket wing that you strap to your back wouldn't work. I guess Mankind has not yet reached it's pinnacle success.