Video-Bee » national geographic http://www.video-bee.net Just another WordPress weblog Wed, 09 Jun 2010 14:31:05 +0000 en hourly 1 Yves “Fusion Man” Rossy crossed the channelhttp://www.video-bee.net/en/video/2008/yves-fusion-man-rossy-crossed-the-channel/ http://www.video-bee.net/en/video/2008/yves-fusion-man-rossy-crossed-the-channel/#comments Fri, 28 Nov 2008 17:10:14 +0000 Cedric http://www.video-bee.net/en/?p=17 On Friday September 26th 2008, Yves Rossy, a swiss pilot and modern adventurer born in 1959, became the first man to fly across the English Channel, from Calais to Dover, using a homemade single jet-powered wing.

He reached the UK within 13 minutes, covering a 35 kilometres trip at an average speed of 200 kilometres per hour.

Watch the best of this historical flight, which was broadcasted live on National Geographic, and find out more videos on his official Youtube channel.

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