Rocket Man Takes Flight

Yves Rossy, known as the "Fusion Man," flies with a jet-powered single wing over the Alps in Bex, Switzerland, Wednesday, May 14, 2008. Some people go fishing on their day off. Rossy likes to jump out of a small plane with a pair of jet-powered wings and perform figure eights above the Swiss Alps. The revolutionary human flying machine comes after five years of training and many more years of dreaming.

Yves Rossy flies with a jet-powered single wing over the Alps in Bex, Switzerland, Wednesday, May 14, 2008.

Swiss pilot Yves "Fusion Man" Rossy, the first man in the world to fly under a jet-fitted wing, jumps from a plane through the air in Bex, Switzerland, Wednesday, May 14, 2008.

Yves Rossy gives thumbs up to flying with a jet-powered single wing over the Alps in Bex, Switzerland, Wednesday, May 14, 2008.

Yves Rossy is surrounded by journalists after flying with a jet-powered single wing over the Alps in Bex, Switzerland, Wednesday, May 14, 2008.

Yves Rossy demonstrates how to put on his jet-powered single wing after flying over the Alps in Bex, Switzerland, Wednesday, May 14, 2008.

Yves Rossy sorts out his parachute which helps him to land as he shows how to put on his jet-powered single wing after flying over the Alps in Bex, Switzerland, Wednesday, May 14, 2008.