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>>> BORED WITH FLYING A PLANE?
SKY DIVE NO LONGER GIVE YOU THAT
RUSH?
THIS GUY HAS THE SOLUTION.
PROFESSIONAL AIRLINE PILOT EVE
ROSSI, BETTER KNOWN AS THE JET
MAN, HAS BEEN PROTECTING
SELF-CONTAINED FLIGHT FOR FOUR
YEARS.
THIS WEEK HE WOWED THE CROWD AT
THE AIR VENTURE SHOW IN OSHKOSH,
WISCONSIN.
CRUISING BESIDE A B-17.
CHAD MYERS, CUE THE ELTON JOHN
"ROCKET MAN" SONG FOR ME.
THIS IS NUTS.
>> IT IS FANTASTIC.
FOUR 45 PSI JET PACKS ON HIS
BODY, FORCING HIM DOWN THE GRO.
TURNS ON THE JET.
>> THEY'RE TELLING ME TO TELL
YOU TO COME CLOSER TO ME.
YOU CAN SPEAK IN MY MICROPHONE
BECAUSE YOURS IS LOW.
I'LL LEAN IN.
>> HE'S GOT THIS THING STRAPPED
TO HIS BACK.
180 POUNDS.
HE WAKES 150.
SIX FEET TALL.
JUMPS OUT OF THE HELICOPTER.
ALL OF A SUDDEN HE'S FLYING.
HE NEEDS TO BE UP 6,500 FEET
BECAUSE HE WANTS THE MOMENTUM.
HE'S SKIING THIS THING.
SWISH BACK AND FORTH.
HE DOESN'T HAVE A RUDDER.
NOTHING.
ALL HE HAS IS HIS BODY TO PATROL
IT.
>> HOW, PRAY TELL, DOES HEE EAR.
>> BOOM.
THERE WE GO.
WORKING MICROPHONES.
ANYWAY, YOU WOULD DO THIS.
>> I WOULD.
>> THIS IS INCREDIBLE.
WE HEARD ABOUT THIS GUY IN THE
PAST PERFECTING THIS.
>> YOU KNOW WHAT?
IT'S ABOUT $100,000 TO DO THIS.
HE OPPORTUDOESN'T THINK A LOT OE
ARE GOING TO DO THIS.
>> PER TRIP?
>> TO BUILD THIS THING.
GET ONE.
IT LOOKS BAD.
THAT'S GOOD.
THAT'S WHAT'S SUPPOSED TO
HAPPEN.
HE'S SUPPOSED TO LAND LIKE THAT.
THE NEXT THING HE'S GOING TO DO
TO MAKE IT MUCH MORE AFFORDABLE
FOR EVERYONE TO DO IT IS DO A
GLIDER VERSION THAT WON'T HAVE
JET PACKS.
YOU'LL STILL GO UP IN A
HELICOPTER.
STILL JUMP OUT OF A HELICOPTER
OROFF A BASE JUMP AND BE ABLE TO
FLY DOWN FOR A WHILE.
EIGHT TO TEN MINUTES WITH THE
FUEL HE HAS GONE ALL THE WAY
OVER THE ENGLISH CHANNEL WITH
THIS THING.
>> MAKE YOU A DEAL.