Yves Rossy (born 27 August 1959) is a Swiss pilot and aviation enthusiast. He is known as the inventor of an individual jet pack which uses carbon-fiber wings for flight. Read full biography of Yves Rossy →
As a child, I first wanted to be a cook because my mother was such a good cook.
I was a pilot and flying hang gliders, paragliders, aerobatics airplanes, and then I discovered skydiving. Free fall. Free. With nothing around you... →
When you're in a fighter jet and there's a dark layer of clouds with just one blue hole with the sun going through it, you shoot for that... →
I was always pretty good at designing things.
When I was young I had an apprenticeship as an engineer.
Yves Rossy (born 27 August 1959) is a Swiss pilot and aviation enthusiast. He is known as the inventor of an individual jet pack which uses carbon-fiber wings for flight.