Yves Rossy: Fly with the Jetman

From TED Translators Wiki
Jump to: navigation, search

This is a page of resources and discussion for "Yves Rossy: Fly with the Jetman"

The talk

TED http://www.ted.com/talks/yves_rossy_fly_with_the_jetman.html

YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2sT9KoII_M

dotSUB http://dotsub.com/view/d3bd8490-12d3-405c-acb1-35c64b3d06b9


About the speaker

Personal website http://jetman.ch/

Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yves_Rossy

YouTube Channel http://www.youtube.com/user/jetmanofficial

Twitter http://twitter.com/#!/jetmanyvesrossy

Facebook http://www.facebook.com/pages/Yves-JETMAN-Rossy/133301946694461


Related resources

Yves Rossy The Swiss Jet Man / Fusion Man / Rocket Man - ENGLISH SUBTITLES www.jetman.ch/ (2006) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEXxkWXncuo

Yves Rossy – Photo Gallery of the Flying Man (2007) http://www.impactlab.net/2007/04/28/yves-rossy-photo-gallery-of-the-flying-man/

Swiss Rocket Man - Yves Rossy (2008) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-oQ--U-WaQ

Pictured: Rocketman flies over Alps with jet-pack strapped to his back (Dailymail 2008) http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-566434/Pictured-Rocketman-flies-Alps-jet-pack-strapped-back.html

Yves Rossy Human Plane (2008) http://www.flightglobal.com/airspace/forums/yves-rossy-human-plane-16416.aspx

Jetman Jetwing - Dude Can Fly! (2009) http://www.futurecars.com/future-cars/flying-cars/jetman-jetwing-dude-can-fly

Wingman (Popsci 2009) http://www.popsci.com/military-aviation-amp-space/article/2009-01/wingman

Jetman Yves Rossy Loops 11/5/2010 (2010) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0E6Yh_mSx8

20 Minutes Online - Découvrez les vidéos de l exploit de «Jetman»! - Vaud (2010) http://www.20min.ch/ro/news/vaud/story/Le-nouvel-exploit-de--Jetman--en-vid-os--26443113

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No it's 'JetMan' in a daring 8-minute flight over Grand Canyon... And this time he actually made it (Dailymail 2011) http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1385674/JetMan-Yves-Rossy-makes-8-minute-flight-Grand-Canyon.html

Now that's a real wingman: Aviation pioneer 'Jetman' flies in formation alongside two planes over Swiss Alps (Dailymail 2011) http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2066692/Jetman-flies-Swiss-Alps-Yves-Rossy-flies-formation-planes.html?ito=feeds-newsxml

wingsuit flying http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wingsuit_flying

Terms and expressions

English Channel http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_Channel

Gibraltar Strait http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strait_of_Gibraltar

tracking position http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tracking_(freeflying)

kitesurfing http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kitesurfing

Breitling is a Swiss watchmaker and sponsor of Yves Rossy, Breitling Jet Team and Breitling Wingwalkers. The engine of Jetman is JetCat P200, not by Breitling.

kilos thrust http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilogram-force

kerosene