Rocketman flies across the English Channel
![Swiss professional pilot Yves Rossy touches down in a field near Dover in southern England, after flying across the English Channel from France on September 26, 2008. Swiss adventurer Yves Rossy landed in Britain Friday after crossing the English Channel from France using only a jet-powered wing. [Xinhua]](http://images.china.cn/attachement/jpg/site1007/20080927/001372acd0b50a47ee3c3f.jpg "Swiss professional pilot Yves Rossy touches down in a field near Dover in southern England, after flying across the English Channel from France on September 26, 2008. Swiss adventurer Yves Rossy landed in Britain Friday after crossing the English Channel from France using only a jet-powered wing. [Xinhua]") |
| Rossy flew into the history books on September 26, 2008 by crossing from France to Britain on only a jet-powered wing, describing afterwards how he felt "like a bird" over the English Channel. Yves Rossy, 49, touched down in a field on top of the white cliffs of Dover after completing the 35-kilometre (22-mile) journey over one of the world's busiest shipping lanes. [Xinhua] |
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