The film stars stunt men Vince Reffet, Fred Fugen and original jet-suit pilot Yves Rossy. Photo / Supplied
The film stars stunt men Vince Reffet, Fred Fugen and original jet-suit pilot Yves Rossy. Photo / Supplied
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it's Jetman!
New vertigo-inducing footage shows 59-year-old Swiss daredevil Yves Rossy pulling yet another gravity-defying stunt with two equally as fearless friends, high above the Norwegian fjords.
The aviation addict, who is known as Jetman for the jet-powered carbon fibre wingshe invented, is seen zooming through the skies at speeds of around 190kph with his sidekicks in tow.
The trio of jetpowered dare devils are shown swooping through Norwegian landscape. Photo / Supplied
The supermen-styled trio are seen speeding over rocky cliffs and somersaulting towards the earth, before swooping back up to new heights.
The four-minute video was released as a teaser to an upcoming film titled Loft: The Jetman Story.
It tells the story of Rossy's progression from a military and commercial pilot to Jetman.
The documentary was apparently a culmination of "25 years of research and development, 24 months of planning and 25 days spent on the ground – and in the air".
The upcoming film, Loft, tells the story of Rossy's progression from a military and commercial pilot to Jetman.
According to Rossy's website, he became the first and only man in the history of aviation to fly with a jet-propelled wing in 2006.
He started out as a military pilot, flying fighter jets for the Swiss air force for 17 years. He then switched jobs and became a commercial pilot.
His website says that he "has always dedicated all his free time to flight and experimented with all its forms", which saw him go on to create a harness with inflatable wing panels that he subsequently developed into a rigid wing with four engines.
Now instead of flying planes, Rossy prefers propelling himself through the skies.
His custom built flight suit weighs almost 55kg and has a wing span of two metres.
His invention is now so refined, that "all he has is an altimeter for safety, and a tiny throttle control in his hand" to control his speed.
In 2013 Rossy moved operations to Dubai, where he was joined by two other flying jetmen. Photo / Supplied
To date, he has completed flights over the Swiss Alps - including Lake Geneva in 2002 - and, in 2008, he crossed the English Channel in the flight path of Louis Blériot.
He flew next to a 1940s Breitling Douglas DC-3 over Lake Lucerne in Switzerland in 2012.
He has also previously soared over the Grand Canyon for eight minutes.
In 2013 Vince Reffet became Rossy's protégé and the following year, Jetman moved operations to Dubai, with the Jetman Dubai brand established.
