Jet-Man_largeHere’s a holiday treat. Swiss pilot and aviation inventor Yves Rossy, who last year flew across the English Channel on his jet wing, is preparing to fly across the Strait of Gibraltar on Wednesday.

Rossy, aka Jet Man, will attempt to become the first person to make an intercontinental flight – from Morocco in Africa to southern Spain – by jet wing.

In truth, the upcoming flight is more of a publicity stunt for mobile phone service Webtel.mobi.

His English Channel flight from Calais, France to Dover, England was 22 miles. The Strait of Gibraltar between Morocco and Spain is, at tops, 14 miles.

Nonetheless, zooming through the air with jets strapped to your back is a gutsy move. And unlike Balloon Boy, Rossy is the real deal.

“It is going to be historic,” Rossy says in a news release. “No one has ever done this before.”

Helicopters and aircraft, which will film the event and provide free live television footage via satellite to any broadcasters worldwide, will trail Rossy. A free worldwide live Internet broadcast (webcast) will also be screened on Webtel.mobi’s Challenge website.

Here’s a video of his English Channel crossing:

Here’s a holiday treat. Swiss pilot and aviation inventor Yves Rossy, who last year flew across the English Channel on his jet wing, is preparing to fly across the Strait of Gibraltar on Wednesday.

Rossy, aka Jet Man, will attempt to become the first person to make an intercontinental flight – from Morocco in Africa to southern Spain – by jet wing.

In truth, the upcoming flight is more of a publicity stunt for mobile phone service Webtel.mobi.

His English Channel flight from Calais, France to Dover, England was 22 miles. The Strait of Gibraltar between Morocco and Spain is, at tops, 14 miles.

Nonetheless, zooming through the air with jets strapped to your back is a gutsy move. We applaud gutsy moves.

“It is going to be historic,” Rossy says in a news release. “No one has ever done this before.”

Helicopters and aircraft, which will film the event and provide free live television footage via satellite to any broadcasters worldwide, will trail Rossy. A free worldwide live Internet broadcast (webcast) will also be screened on Webtel.mobi’s Challenge website.

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