‘Jetman’ Yves Rossy flies over Japan’s Mount Fuji

Nov 6, 2013

‘Jetman’ Yves Rossy flies over Japan’s Mount Fuji

Kalani Gordon 0 Comment Nation, Travel, World Japan, Jetman, Mount Fuji, Yves Rossy

Swiss aviator Yves Rossy, whose jet-engine powered wings have taken him over some of the world’s most awe-inspiring places, has added another – the 12,388-foot-tall Mount Fuji.

: Swiss pilot Yves Rossy, or “Jetman”, poses as he introduces his 60 kg (132 pound) flight equipment, including the wings which strap onto his back, at a press conference in Tokyo on November 6, 2013. Swiss aviator Yves “Jetman” Rossy, whose jet-engine powered wings have taken him over some of the world’s most awe-inspiring places, has added another, Japan’s Mount Fuji. (Kazuhiro Nogika/AFP/Getty Images)

: Swiss pilot Yves Rossy, or “Jetman”, introduces his 60 kg (132 pound) flight equipment, including the wings which strap onto his back, at a press conference in Tokyo on November 6, 2013. Swiss aviator Yves “Jetman” Rossy, whose jet-engine powered wings have taken him over some of the world’s most awe-inspiring places, has added another, Japan’s Mount Fuji. (Kazuhiro Nogika/AFP/Getty Images)

: This handout picture taken near Fujinomiya in Shizuoka prefecture on November 1, 2013 and released on November 6, 2013 shows Swiss pilot Yves Rossy, or “Jetman”, flying near Mount Fuji. Swiss aviator Yves “Jetman” Rossy, whose jet-engine powered wings have taken him over some of the world’s most awe-inspiring places, has added another — Japan’s Mount Fuji. Rossy, with a 60-kilogram (132-pound) kit strapped on his back, circled the country’s highest and most revered mountain nine times over one week. (Katsuhiko Tokunaga/AFP/Getty Images)

: This handout picture taken near Fujinomiya in Shizuoka prefecture on October 30, 2013 and released on November 6, 2013 shows Swiss pilot Yves Rossy, or “Jetman”, flying near Mount Fuji. Swiss aviator Yves “Jetman” Rossy, whose jet-engine powered wings have taken him over some of the world’s most awe-inspiring places, has added another — Japan’s Mount Fuji. Rossy, with a 60-kilogram (132-pound) kit strapped on his back, circled the country’s highest and most revered mountain nine times over one week. (Katsuhiko Tokunaga/AFP/Getty Images)

: This handout picture taken near Fujinomiya in Shizuoka prefecture on October 30, 2013 and released on November 6, 2013 shows Swiss pilot Yves Rossy, or “Jetman”, flying near Mount Fuji. Swiss aviator Yves “Jetman” Rossy, whose jet-engine powered wings have taken him over some of the world’s most awe-inspiring places, has added another — Japan’s Mount Fuji. Rossy, with a 60-kilogram (132-pound) kit strapped on his back, circled the country’s highest and most revered mountain nine times over one week. (Katsuhiko Tokunaga/AFP/Getty Images)

: This handout picture taken near Fujinomiya in Shizuoka prefecture on November 1, 2013 and released on November 6, 2013 shows Swiss pilot Yves Rossy, or “Jetman”, flying near Mount Fuji. Swiss aviator Yves “Jetman” Rossy, whose jet-engine powered wings have taken him over some of the world’s most awe-inspiring places, has added another — Japan’s Mount Fuji. Rossy, with a 60-kilogram (132-pound) kit strapped on his back, circled the country’s highest and most revered mountain nine times over one week. (Katsuhiko Tokunaga/AFP/Getty Images)

: This handout picture taken near Fujinomiya in Shizuoka prefecture on November 1, 2013 and released on November 6, 2013 shows Swiss pilot Yves Rossy, or “Jetman”, flying near Mount Fuji. Swiss aviator Yves “Jetman” Rossy, whose jet-engine powered wings have taken him over some of the world’s most awe-inspiring places, has added another — Japan’s Mount Fuji. Rossy, with a 60-kilogram (132-pound) kit strapped on his back, circled the country’s highest and most revered mountain nine times over one week. (Katsuhiko Tokunaga/AFP/Getty Images)

: This handout picture taken near Fujinomiya in Shizuoka prefecture on October 30, 2013 and released on November 6, 2013 shows Swiss pilot Yves Rossy, or “Jetman”, flying near Mount Fuji. Swiss aviator Yves “Jetman” Rossy, whose jet-engine powered wings have taken him over some of the world’s most awe-inspiring places, has added another — Japan’s Mount Fuji. Rossy, with a 60-kilogram (132-pound) kit strapped on his back, circled the country’s highest and most revered mountain nine times over one week. (Katsuhiko Tokunaga/AFP/Getty Images)

: Yves Rossy, known as the Jetman, drops from a helicopter to fly near Mount Fuji in this November 3, 2013 handout photograph released by Breitling SA. The Swiss aviator dropped from a helicopter and deployed the jet-powered carbon-kevlar “Jetwing” and uses his body to steer as he flew near Mt. Fuji nine times between October 28 and November 3. (Katsuhiko Tokunaga/REUTERS)

: Yves Rossy, known as the Jetman, drops from a helicopter to fly near Mount Fuji in this November 3, 2013 handout photograph released by Breitling SA. The Swiss aviator dropped from a helicopter and deployed the jet-powered carbon-kevlar “Jetwing” and uses his body to steer as he flew near Mt. Fuji nine times between October 28 and November 3. (Katsuhiko Tokunaga/REUTERS)

: Yves Rossy, known as the Jetman, parachutes after flying in front of Mount Fuji in this November 3, 2013 handout photograph released by Breitling SA. The Swiss aviator dropped from a helicopter and deployed the jet-powered carbon-kevlar “Jetwing” and uses his body to steer as he flew near Mt. Fuji nine times between October 28 and November 3. (Katsuhiko Tokunaga/REUTERS)

: Yves Rossy, known as the Jetman, flies in front of Mount Fuji in this October 30, 2013 handout photograph released by Breitling SA. The Swiss aviator dropped from a helicopter and deployed the jet-powered carbon-kevlar “Jetwing” and uses his body to steer as he flew near Mt. Fuji nine times between October 28 and November 3. (Katsuhiko Tokunaga/REUTERS)

: Yves Rossy, known as the Jetman, flies in front of Mount Fuji in this October 30, 2013 handout photograph released by Breitling SA. The Swiss aviator dropped from a helicopter and deployed the jet-powered carbon-kevlar “Jetwing” and uses his body to steer as he flew near Mt. Fuji nine times between October 28 and November 3. (Katsuhiko Tokunaga/REUTERS)

: Yves Rossy, known as the Jetman, flies in front of Mount Fuji in this November 1, 2013 handout photograph released by Breitling SA. The Swiss aviator dropped from a helicopter and deployed the jet-powered carbon-kevlar “Jetwing” and uses his body to steer as he flew near Mt. Fuji nine times between October 28 and November 3. (Katsuhiko Tokunaga/REUTERS)

: Yves Rossy, known as the Jetman, flies in front of Mount Fuji in this November 1, 2013 handout photograph released by Breitling SA. The Swiss aviator dropped from a helicopter and deployed the jet-powered carbon-kevlar “Jetwing” and uses his body to steer as he flew near Mt. Fuji nine times between October 28 and November 3. (Katsuhiko Tokunaga/REUTERS)

Strapped to wings and jet engines, Rossy, known as Jetman, zipped around the skies of Japan’s highest peak. Rossy dropped from a helicopter and deployed the jet-powered carbon-kevlar “Jetwing” and uses his body to steer as he flew near Mount Fuji nine times between October 28 and November 3.

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