Rocket plane back pack

[javasaurus]

In the news today, a man crossed the English Channel using a rocket-powered winged backpack. Very cool!

clicky!

Didn't I just see something like this in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang?

Comments

[cozit.livejournal.com]

I saw that... but it seems a little like cheating that he didn't start off from the ground... more like "jet powered glider" than jet pack flight.

Wonder if he could have done it coming from the Dover cliffs instead? (yeah, I know, following the path of a historical flight, but...)