Yves Rossy Quotes

Switzerland, Aviator
August 27, 1959

Yves Rossy (born 27 August 1959) is a Swiss military-trained pilot and an aviation enthusiast. He is known as the inventor of a series of experimental individual jet packs, the latest using carbon-fiber wings for flight. Often referred to as "Jetman", Rossy has sometimes tested and presented new versions of his jet packs in high-profile events staged around the world.

Also known as Inventor

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 hole. You go vertical into the light, and suddenly, instead of gray and dark, it's light and blue. You are totally connected with the elements. You are in another world.

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- World
- Light
- Dark
I was always pretty good at designing things.

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- Good
- Pretty
- Always

I was a pilot and flying hang gliders, paragliders, aerobatics airplanes, and then I discovered skydiving. Free fall. Free. With nothing around you, just a parachute on your back. And you go down. But you don't feel like you're going down. Total freedom.

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- Free
- Freedom
- Fall
When I was young I had an apprenticeship as an engineer.

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- Young
- Had
- Engineer
I showed it is possible to fly a little bit like a bird.

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- Fly
- Bird
- Possible
I'm not playing with death, I'm playing with life.

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- Life
- Death
- Playing
Flying is absolute freedom. I know the feeling of flying from various aircraft. But there was always something surrounding me that I had to control. As Fusion Man, it's like I am naked, I only have the wings that carry me. It's like a dream.

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- Freedom
- Flying
- Absolute
As a child, I first wanted to be a cook because my mother was such a good cook.

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- Good
- Mother
- Child

I don't have feathers, but I feel like a bird sometimes.

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- Feel
- Bird
- Feathers