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Swiss man flies English Channel on jet wing
27/9/2008 14:34

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Swiss airline pilot Yves Rossy parachutes in to land, in front of a welcome banner from a British newspaper, after becoming the first person to cross the English channel with a jetpack strapped to his back, in Dover southern England yesterday. Ross, who normally flies an Airbus airliner, swapped the plane's controls for four jets attached to a wing on his back to get across the Channel.-Xinhua/AFP